On September 25 morning, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in cooperation with WWF Office held a seminar to introduce first achievements of better research and practice project for precious and rare woods in natural forest of Vinh Cuu Natural Conservation Zone and Relic and management board of Tan Phu Protective Forest.
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A precious wood in Nam Cat Tien Forest |
According to the project, task of managing forest resources for the time being has not met demands of specific information provision for trees in the natural forest. Precious and rare wood management software, made by Dr. Dinh Quang Hiep, Vice-Dean of Ho Chi Minh City Agriculture and Forestry University’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has listed 21 tree types in Vinh Cuu Vinh Cuu Natural Conservation Zone and Relic and management board of Tan Phu Protective Forest, Dong Nai. Among them, a lot of types are in red list and two endemic trees. This software is helpful for local forest management in order to serve ecotourism nees.
Reported by Thanh Tam, translated by Hoai Thu