CURRENT STATUS AND MEASUTES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD PLANTATION IN QUANG TRI PROVINCE
Keywords:
Plantation,, households, sustainable forest management, Quang Tri provinceAbstract
Quang Tri is a province with a large area of plantation, in which
household's plantations account for 49% (54,929 ha) of the province's
plantation area. Up to now, in the province, there is a SFM group of
households with an area of 2,853.91 hectares of plantation with FSC
certification. The species planted by households are mainly Acacia hybrid
and Acacia mangium, the technical measures are different between
households participating in the SFM group model and non-participating in
the model, especially in terms of tree density, thinning activity as well as
timber production purposes
Households participating in SFM group model do not applied burn post
harvested residue for land preparation, plant at a lower density, have a
longer business cycle (7 - 10 years) and thin out 2 - 3 times to improve
sawlog volume. On the other hand, households that do not participate in
SFM group usually apply burn post harvested residue, plant with high
density, have a short business cycle (4 - 5 years) and do not apply thinning.
There is a strong linkage between households in group to support each
other on planting and plantation management according to FSC
requirement and there is also a cooperation between households in group
and wood processing companies through the Forest Owners Association in
consumption of timber from household's plantation. The plantation of SFM
group model has higher economic effect than that of plantation from
households not participated in SFM group model. To promote the
development of household's plantation, it is necessary to implement
synchronously solutions from awareness raising, capacity building and
develop policies to support the operation and maintenance of SFM group,
applying advanced techniques to improve productivity of plantation.
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