Development of Reforestation Techniques at Degraded Sites in East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Southern Part of Thailand
Development of Reforestation Techniques at Degraded Sites in East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Southern Part of Thailand
Development of Reforestation Techniques at Degraded Sites in East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Southern Part of Thailand
Background
Vast area of tropical forests is degraded by human activities every year. The degraded lands are left as low productivity and low biodiversity. Lack of seed source and severe environmental conditions disturb progressing of succession.
Domination of pioneer species with short life-span Artificial planting Unsuccessful agricultural Degraded land development
Purpose
Development of reforestation techniques for degraded lands with various soil conditions Development of planting techniques of dipterocarps at degraded lands Improvement of nursing techniques of planting stocks
Study sites
N a r a t h i w a t
Nararhiwat, Thailand
Fig. Sebulu Experimental Forest consists of developed forest dominated by dipterocarps, secondary forest damaged by fire, sifting cultivation and grass land
Shorea leprosula
Open planting
Fig. Artificial planting at grass land (open area planting) and secondary forest dominated by pioneer species (under-planting)
Fig. Survival rate and height growth of Shorea leprosula and S. pauciflora planted by different planting methods (Matsune et al. 2005) solid square: 6m wide line planting hatched square: 10m wide line planting open square: 20m wide line planting open circle: open area planting solid circle: underplanting solid triangle: 5x5m gap planting hatched triangle: 10x10m gap planting
Fig. Agricultural development of swamp forest at Narathiwat, southern part of Thailand (photo by K.Kojima)
Swamp forest at To-Daeng, Narathiwat Mean tree height is 25 m and aboveground biomass is 245 t ha-1.(Suzuki 1997)
Dipterocurpus obtusifolius forests at sand dune D. obtusiforius is tolerant to open site conditions of sand dune. (NorisadaKojima 2005)
Fig. Abandoned agricultural lands Upper-right: sand dune Upper-left: peat swamp after wild fire Left: peat swamp dominated by Melaleuca cajuputi
Fig. Planting trial at degraded sand dune in Narathiwat, southern part of Thailand
Fig. Survival ratio and growth of seedlings planted at sand dune (Norisada et al. 2005) :open area :mix-planting with Acacia mangium ***:p<0.01
VPD (kPa)
4 2 0 50 40 30 20 50 40 30
air
soil 1 cm
Temperature ( C)
20 50 40 30 20 50 40 30 20 50 40 30 20 50 40 30 20
soil 3 cm
soil 5 cm
soil 10 cm
soil 20 cm
June
Day of year
(Photo by K.Kojima)
Fig. Improvement of nursing techniques for dipterocarp species Large-size pot nursing improved survival of planted seedlings.
Fig. Site preparation by a cultivator. It makes planting works easy and survival of planted seedlings improved (Photo by K.Kojima)