Stories

Sapindus rarak is not only one of FORRU's favourite framework tree species for restoring upland evergreen forest, it is produces a natural soap and is the focus of genetic studies under the Global Tree Seed Bank Unlocked project with RBG Kew.

FORRU organized a successful planting event at Pong Yaeng Nork village, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, in collaboration with various organizations and enthusiastic school kids from the Young Forest Restorer (YFR) program.

FORRU-CUM and SIG have collaborated to restore degraded forest areas in Ban Pong Yaeng Nok. They have collectively planted 400 native tree species across an area of 1 rai, aiming to restore the forest's biodiversity to its natural state. This initiative is funded by SIG Combibloc.

This is summary for this planting volunteer on June 29. Let's see our collaboration from Malaysian friends!

Lack of seed supply networks of indigenous forest tree species seriously limits forest restoration initiatives, at a time when enthusiasm for ecological restoration has never been higher.

Collecting seeds on the massive scale needed to satisfy the plethora of forest-ecosystem restoration projects around the world may need a radical new approach. Could modern technologies help?

A short article on how M.R. Smansnid Svasti (Nunie) played a pivotal role is getting FORRU-CMU started.

An article originally written for Guidelines Magazine, in 2002, describing FORRU-CMU's early work on evergreen forest restoration in collaboration with the villagers of Ban Mae Sa Mai.

This pages contains links to media produced by various journalists who have reported on FORRU-CMU's work over the years.