Building Research Capacities on Forest Restoration in Cambodia

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1 Building Research Capacities on Forest Restoration in Cambodia Sokh Heng Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development Forestry Administration, Cambodia Asia-Pacific Forestry Week Stream Event 15 Years of AKECOP: Experiences and Lessons Learned Asia-Pacific Forestry Week February

2 CONTENT 1. Forest resource 2. Policies and regulations 3. Efforts in building research capacities 4. Priority areas of R&D capacities 2

3 Distribution of Forest Resources 3

4 Forest types in Cambodia Forest Types Forest Area 2010 Forest Area 2014 % Changed 1 Evergreen forest 3,499,185 2,973, Semi evergreen forest 1,274,789 1,108, Deciduous forest 4,481,214 3,490, Other forest 1,108,600 1,422, Total Forest Land 10,363,788 8,985, Non Forest 7,796,885 9,175, TOTAL AREAS 18,160,674 18,160,674

5 FOREST COVER CHANGE (%)

6 Evergreen forest 6

7 DECIDUOUS FOREST 7

8 Semi-evergreen forest

9 MANGROVE FOREST 9

10 REAR MANGROVE 10

11 2- POLICY AND REGULATION I. Cambodia Millennium Development Goal: maintaining the forest cover of 60% by 2015, II. III. IV. Rectangle Strategy of RGC III: ensure environmental sustainability through sustainable management of natural resources National Strategic Development Plan III Forestry Law and relevant regulations V. National Forest Program (NFP) 11

12 PRIORITIZED PROGRAMS IN NFP FOR National Forest Demarcation, Classification and Registration 2. Forest Resource Management and Conservation 3. Forest Law Enforcement and Governance 4. Community Forestry Development 5. Capacity Building and Research Development 6. Sustainable Forest Financing

13 FOREST CONDITIONS IN CAMBODIA Deforestation and forest degradation has reached the alarming rate (49% in 2014) Insecure forest land tenures Weak law enforcement (new campaign on illegal logging) Vast areas of forest lands that need restoration Limited knowledge and capacities (low cost forest restoration) limited government budget for forest research 13

14 EFFORTS ON BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITIES ON FOREST RESTORATION 1. Multi-fuction forest restoration in degraded forest areas in Cambodia (APFNet) 2. Forest restoration and establishment of forest research facilities in Cambodia (KRC through KFS) 3. Improving Capacity on Forest Restoration in Cambodia (AFoCo) 4. Regeneration of Dalbergia Cochinchinensis Pierre in degraded forest area in Cambodia (AKECOP) 14

15 1. MULTI-FUCTION FOREST RESTORATION IN DEGRADED FOREST AREAS IN CAMBODIA (APFNET) community-based forest research and capacity building on forest restoration 15

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19 MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FOREST RESTORATION SITES AND RESEARCH PLOTS

20 2. FOREST RESTORATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREST RESEARCH FACILITIES IN CAMBODIA (KRC THROUGH KFS) Research facilities Capacity building Experiments and research activities 20

21 RESEARCH FACILITIES 21

22 RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING 22

23 EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Forest restoration methods include Assisted Natural Regeneration, cluster planting, screening species plantation, and enrichment planting 23

24 3. IMPROVING CAPACITY ON FOREST RESTORATION IN CAMBODIA - To initiate a research study on reforestation of degraded by direct seeding; and - To improve the capacity in producing seedlings through tissue culture. 24

25 LAYOUT OF BLOCKS AND PLOTS OF THE DIRECT SEEDING EXPERIMENT IN THE FIELD B1.1 Afzelia xylocarpa B1.2 Albizia lebbeck B1.3 Cassia Fistula B1.4 Cassia grandis B1.5 Dalbergia cochinchinensis B1.6 Cassia siamensis B1.7 Sindora cochinchinensis B1.8 Peltoforrum dasyrachis B1.9 Cassia javanice B1.10 Erythropheum succirubrum 25

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27 PLANT TISSUE CULTURE LAB. 27

28 4. WITH SUPPORTS FROM AKECOP Research on forest restoration in logged-over forest area Research on forest restoration in abandoned agricultural fields 28

29 4: REGENERATION OF DALBERGIA COCHINCHINENSIS PIERRE IN DEGRADED FOREST AREA IN CAMBODIA Plot 1 Plot 3 P1.1 P3.1 P 1.2 P3.2 Plot 2 P 2.2 P2.1 29

30 PRUNING AND COLLECTING THE DATA 30

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32 PRIORITY AREAS FOR BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITIES IN FOREST RESTORATION IN CAMBODIA Low cost restoration techniques Climate change resilient tree species Forest Genetics (plus trees, healthy seedlings) Mass production of seedling (plant tissue culture) Linkages between forest restoration and local livelihoods 32

33 THANK YOU