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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).
Flora and dynamics of an upland and a floodplain forest in Peña Roja, Colombian Amazonia.
Colombia - 2011
ISBN: 78-90-76894-97-3
Language: English and Spanish
In the late eighties of the past century, two permanent plots were established in old-growth or mature forests near Araracuara, in the central part of Colombian Amazonia. The plots were installed in two contrasting land units: upland and floodplain. The overall aim of this dissertation is to provide basic knowledge about the structure, species composition, and forest dynamics of these two permanent forest plots. The plots were installed in the Nonuya community of Peña Roja, about 70 km downstream from Araracuara. In the area the mean annual rainfall is approximately 3000 mm per year, and a dry season is lacking. The upland plot was established on a land unit belonging to the Tertiary sedimentary plain. The soils were very poor Ultisols. The floodplain plot was set-up in a rarely inundated floodplain of the Caquetá River, characterized by shallow basins alternating with convex river bars, up to 2 m high. Soils here vary from poorly to moderately well-drained Inceptisols. Both plots
had a final size of 1.8 ha.
Flora y dinámica de bosques de tierra firme y de várzea en Peña Roja, Amazonia colombiana
En la década de los años ochenta del siglo pasado, se establecieron dos parcelas permanentes en bosques maduros cerca de Araracuara, en la parte central de la Amazonia colombiana. Las parcelas se instalaron en dos unidades de paisaje contrastantes: tierra firme y llanura de inundación del río Caquetá. El objetivo general de esta tesis es proporcionar conocimientos básicos sobre la estructura, la composición de especies y la dinámica del bosque de estas dos parcelas permanentes. Las parcelas se instalaron en la comunidad Nonuya de Peña Roja, a unos 70 km aguas abajo de Araracuara. En el área la precipitación media anual es de aproximadamente 3000 mm anuales, sin período seco. La parcela de tierra firme se estableció en una unidad de paisaje perteneciente al Plano
Sedimentario Terciario, donde los suelos son Ultisoles muy pobres. La otra parcela fue localizada en la Llanura de Inundación Esporádica del río Caquetá, que se caracteriza por unas depresiones poco profundas alternadas con barras de cauce convexas, de hasta 2 m de altura. Los suelos son Inceptisoles moderadamente bien drenados. El área final de ambas parcelas fue de 1,8 ha.