Basic Information
Overview
This reforestation project in a sensitive border area suffering from poverty and drug issues was replicated from Doi Tung model’s “Cultivate Land, Cultivate People” concept to directly address the issues.
This was done using the “Assisted Tree Regeneration” method in which only species indigenous to the area are planted, and does not require cutting down trees to plant seedlings as before. It also led to food security and helped restore watershed forests that would improve the villagers’ quality of life and make them self-sufficient and sustainable, do they would not revert back to forest encroachment.
