News
16 May, 2012MSD Platform Successfully Established in Two New Districts
The EU chainsaw milling project has expanded its multi-stakeholder dialogue (MSD) platform to two new forest districts: Tarkwa and Nkwanta.
15 May, 2012TBI Viet Nam holds a successful final phase two workshop
TBI Viet Nam held its final workshop of phase two on April 17th, 2012 in Hue, Viet Nam. The overall objective of the workshop was to evaluate the obtained results compiled by TBI Viet Nam, and to introduce the programme’s orientation thru 2016.
15 May, 2012Workshop to assess the policy and practice of Forest Land Allocation held in Ha Noi
On April 10th, 2012, TBI Viet Nam, with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), conducted a workshop in Ha Noi entitled, “Forestry Land Allocation: Policy and Practice.” The event was held in cooperation with the Department of Science, Technology and Environment (under MARD) and the Institute of Forest Planning and Inventory (FIPI).
Tree Diversity and Forest Composition of Viet Nam
The diverse forest types and plant species of Viet Nam provide much needed resources for over 25 million people. Unfortunately, this need has led to unsustainable forestry practices including a long history of deforestation. Economic development, climate change, and other external factors have already impacted diversity of Viet Nam’s forests, and the problem has great potential to increase over time.
Today, Viet Nam’s forests have a high demand for not only economic preservation, but also biodiversity and environmental protection. The purpose of this project is to ascertain more of the urgently needed relevant information on the distribution of Viet Nam’s biodiversity. Such information is crucial for proper policy development on protection and development at the national scale. This four year study, from 2010 to 2013, is made possible through partnership with Viet Nam Forestry Inventory and Planning Institute, Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and Tropenbos International Viet Nam.
Objective
1. Understand environmental/ geographical drivers and human impacts on tree composition, tree diversity in Viet Nam 2. Contribute to knowledge on geography of rarity and endemism 3. Predict distribution of important forest types through indicator species 4. Measure influences to tree diversity from regional and local processes 5. Map ranges of commercially important tree species 6. Estimate distribution and regulation of biomass in Viet Nam’s forests
Duration
2010 - 2013
Objective
Duration
2010 - 2013
Partners
Forest Science Institute of Viet Nam (FSIV)
Forest Research Institutes
