Only 720,000 out of a total of 1.6 million rai of denuded forests in Nan can be rehabilitated



NAN: -- Only 12 percent of the denuded forests in Nan province or 720,000 rai out of a total of 1.6 million rai can be rehabilitated, according to information obtained from a meeting to discuss how to deal with the destroyed watershed areas in Nan.

It was agreed at the meeting on Thursday which was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Wisanu Kruea-ngarm that local communities would be given a key role in the management of forest reforestation and rehabilitation with the government playing the supporting role.

An informed source said that the meeting agreed that farmers who have been growing maize in the mountainous areas of Nan must be encouraged to shift to mixed cultivation instead of mono culture like maize cultivation.

The government will provide technical knowhow on mixed cultivation, on water management and to find markets for the farmers.

The Nan governor will coordinate with local communities in the drafting of the forest rehabilitation plan to be completed within this month and then submitted to Dr Wisanu for consideration.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/163145


-- Thai PBS 2016-05-13

720,000 is 12% of 1.6 million? Maybe they need to check that figure?

Regardless, it is good to hear that they are promoting more sustainable agriculture..

Yeah ^^^, I thought 'nearly half isn't actually a bad result' before reading the article.

Being advised what to do is different to it actually happening.

Depends on short term gains.

I'd like to see before I believe. These abused landscapes look very depressing. Omkoi is an area that is similarly affected like Nan. Maybe longterm crops like coffee, tea, cocoa etc could be a good idea.

Nature always recovers from a fire.

Maybe not the same exact species as before,

Maybe not the commercial crops we took from the same land previously.

But it will recover, with or without the help of people.

In fact, the burning of organic matter releases many nutrients into the soil much faster than if they were just left to decompose and this speeds up the regrowth of vegetation.

I was a firefighter for years and worked on many fire rehab projects and have seen areas come back healthier than they were before the fires.

Yes, the corn farmers may need to move on or adapt, but nature will do fine without them.

To say a site can not be rehabilitated is a statement of ignorance. It is a matter of time and money. Getting the right expertise to advise of the proper methology is what is important.

First what are your goals. Sites go through a variety of steps to reach different levels in the ecosystem. It may go from desert to grassland to forest. Takes time and investment and

a scheduling of the right species at the right time, and someone who knows, what to do, and doesn't guess. There are many qualified universities around the world that would love to

take this on as a project, just need someone with some common sense to sort out the the ideas and proposals.

just need someone with some common sense to sort out the the ideas and proposals.

So that will be the project doomed from the start then.

Edited May 13, 201610 yr by BigBadGeordie