Assessment On The Actual Situation And Some Silviculture Practices For Experimental Forest Of Luot Mountain In Xuan Mai Chuong My Ha Noi

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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

VIETNAM FORESTRY UNIVERSITY

STUDENT THESIS

ASSESSMENT ON THE ACTUAL SITUATION AND SOME SILVICULTURE

PRACTICES FOR EXPERIMENTAL FOREST OF LUOT MOUNTAIN IN

XUANMAI-CHUONGMY-HANOI

Major: Advanced Curriculum in Natural Resources Management

Code: D850101

Faculty: Forest Resources and Environmental Management

Student: VU TUAN ANH Student ID:1053090896

Class: K55 Natural Resources Management Course: 2010 – 2014

Advanced Education Program

Developed in Collaboration with Colorado State University, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Le Xuan Truong

Hanoi, October 2014

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

With the agreement and of the department of silviculture and Dr. Truong Le Xuan,

I have carried out a research on the projects: “Assessment on the actual situation and some

silviculture practices for experimental forest of Luot Mountain at Vietnam Forestry

University in XuanMai, ChuongMy. HaNoi”.

In the process of implementing topics, I have received the guidance and help of

teacher: Le Xuan Truong of the officials at Viet Nam Forestry University and professor

Lee Macdonald in Colorado State University. To have completed this topic, I would like to

express our sincere gratitude for that valuable help.

Despite great efforts by the energy and time are limited to topics inevitable

shortcomings. So the spirit realms and learn the requirements, I respectfully request that

we receive feedback from teachers and friends to more topics complete.

I would like to thank you!

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ABTRACT

This thesis to investigate in depth the situation of some indigenous species growth

understory timber tree, then it give some solutions for resolving the existing problems.

First, it was conducted to the zone areas with favorable conditions for research and

investigation, it must have characteristic condition and consistent with the objective of this

thesis. Then, it will set up the standard plot and the sub-plot to measure the index of the

species in that areas. It can calculate statistical averages and compare them with each other.

The figures indicate that there are important issues of ecology needs to be resolve, such as

the competition about light, nutrients between indigenous species and timber tree. The

regeneration of timber tree are also additional in this thesis. Because it found that the

problem needs to be resolved, the thesis provides some silviculture practices to help the

timber tree have the space and good conditions for growth, and remove the bad individual

and the unnecessary canopy of indigenous species, as same as help to regenerate the timber

tree . The implementation of these measures will to increase the growth potential of

experimental forests, reduce the time to harvest, increased crop yields in the region,

creating a basis for developing forest sustainability and effectively .

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1

CHAPTER I: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ......................................................................... 5

1.1 Goals: ………………………………………………………………………………...5

1.2 Specific objectives:......................................................................................................5

CHAPTER II: METHODS .................................................................................................... 6

1.1 Desk research:..............................................................................................................7

1.2 Field works ..................................................................................................................7

1.2.1 Set up standard plots method ............................................................................................ 7

1.2.2 Data collection .................................................................................................................. 8

1.2.3 Data processing method .................................................................................................... 9

CHAPTER III: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION................................................................. 11

1. RESULT. .....................................................................................................................11

1.1. The actual situation of timber trees................................................................................... 11

1.2. The actual situation of indigenous species........................................................................ 14

1.3. The situation of other species on research areas. .............................................................. 17

1.4. The situation of shrubs and vegetation on research areas. ................................................ 19

1.5. The comments about the condition and competitive relationships among species in the

research areas. .......................................................................................................................... 20

2. DISCUSSION..............................................................................................................22

CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................ 24

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