Trees of Knowledge
Language:
Date:
2004
Author(s):
Blakesley, D. and S. Elliott
Publisher:
Eden Project Friends, 14:14-16
Serial Number:
176
Suggested Citation:
Blakesley, D. and S. Elliott, 2004. Trees of Knowledge. Eden Project Friends, 14:14-16.
Early in 2002 Eden began supporting the Forest Restoration Research Unit (FORRU for short), a small research team at Chiang Mai University (CMU) in northern Thailand, whose mission is to find out how to recreate tropical forest ecosystems on abandoned agricultural land in national parks. A unique feature of this project is its focus on restoring biodiversity, which has been phenomenally successful. Denuded hillsides, formerly smothered in grass and bracken fern, can now be transformed into closed-canopy tropical forest, rich in biodiversity, just 3 years after planting 30 or so specially selected, native tree species.