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Expectations of rattan forest in An Lao village

( Update: 20/09/2014 )

Lao is the famous rattan. Many years ago, people Bana, H're in the uplands as Safety, Security Dung, An Vinh ... living through cloud forest exploiters. Cloud forest resource exploitation and also masterpiece forever. To maintain this resource, the people have clouds zoned for forest regeneration. Many households have actively participated in the tree planting project in the district and provincial sticky clouds ...

Officials of the Provincial Agricultural Extension Centre cloudy sticky seed test before delivery to farmers.

* Laborious job pulling cloud forest

5 years ago, have the opportunity to Lao on the last day of the year, we have witnessed hordes of people into the deep forest pen powder cloud (cloud tree grows naturally in the forest) regardless of the cold weather, fog covered the whole road away. Clouds often grows in streams, craggy cliffs so dangerous exploitation. Normally, to get 1-2 strands clouds (each fiber length of 10-15 m), people have used machete emitting dust clouds around. Rattan trunk with thorns, sharp should work very hard shelled. Unlike Kinh use gloves to pick clouds, Bana ethnic people, often pulling Lao H're in the clouds with your bare hand. Hand thorn, fever and aches are normal.

To get 5 bundles clouds (50-60 kg / batch), each team jungle takes 2-4 days. Before each trip, they prepare food, blankets to eat and sleep in the woods. During the trip, they faced many tribulations. If rain, the clouds can only pulling huddled in the rocks, the trees. This was not always the face of danger as wild animals, snakes ...

Difficulties and is strenuous, but as a living, cloud forest exploiters still attracts many local workers. Safety commune, about 30 people a day go pulling cloud forest. Afternoon, we met many women carrying clouds from the edge of the forest in the village. Her hands always red swelling, scars scattered. Ms. Dinh Thi Quach, Village 2, said: "Husband left home a long time, alone to raise two children, the little cultivation, do not hire anyone to county borders every season, I have to go to the forest pen clouds for a living ".

"Fever" cloud forest in Lao really peaked in the late 90s to exploit cloud amount measured in tons. Every day there are dozens of trucks on An Nghia, Safety ... carry clouds. After 2000, due to cloud forests dwindle traders sparse clouds.

Chat with us, he Dinh Van Lo, also in 2 villages, communes Safety, said: "In the past, the amount of cloud forests grow in areas of primary forest Safety fairly thick. Since 2000 the past, due to massive extraction, rattan increasingly scarce. Therefore, to have been about 5 bundles clouds, operators have to delve into the deep forest, swimming in income for many days but unremarkable. With any luck finding anyone to exploit the cloud yet, each person earns 40000-50000 / day, but not at the pen is only about 2-3 bunch of clouds, income is only 15000-20000 / day ".

 

Because of massive extraction, cloud forests Lao has now exhausted.

 

* From cloud "feed" the clouds grow

Now, in An Lao, who pens such a living, how much longer. Rattan forests were overexploited and depleted signs.

To keep the meager resources remaining cloud forests in 2008, two farmers in Dung Dinh Van An and Dinh Van Dinh Dau has zoned the management of local natural rattan. By 2009, only Mr. Dinh Van Dinh continue "raising" the cloud. Mr. Tran Ngoc Anh, Head of Agriculture and Rural Development in Lao district, said: "This is a good model to exploit cloud forest-by-forest, forest point to point, all other forests, with such cloud forest has a chance to recover, avoiding the massive extraction, but less effective as before. However, the model can not be replicated because of the cloud forest in other villages in the district have been exhausted ".

When the cloud forest showed signs of exhaustion, the local government started to encourage people to grow cloudy sticky. Thereby, it can be cloud forest recovery, creating jobs for people harvest time, most households and ethnic minorities. To do this, the agricultural sector has surveyed assessment, project planning and planting rattan selected lines for high economic value, in accordance with the conditions of the local soil.

In 2006, An Lao District 7 hectares planted pilot sticky cloud forest understory at Dung commune. There are 12 households planting and intercropping care under the canopy of the cloud forest protection, each household is district 1 million to support implementation. The fact that the tree is well adapted clouds with sticky soil conditions and climate here.

By 2009, the district has planted 400 hectares of rattan sticky. In particular, the Provincial Extension Center support model building 100 hectares of rattan sticky for 155 households in Lao district, with a total budget of 225 million. The remaining area is cloudy sticky "sponsored" by the Forest Development Department Binh Dinh, the protection and management of the investment program, supported by the Government ... Engineer Nguyen Xuan Thuong, Director of the Center extension province, said: "The center has collaborated with farmers in An Lao district clouds trials conducted from 2006 to the present lines. At the end of last July, we have examined, evaluated the growth of rattan sticky age 2 years. The results showed that the survival rate is quite high, above 95% ".

Cloud fold from 3 to 4 years old can be harvested. According to his calculations Tran Ngoc Anh, averaging 1 ha clouds yield from 6 to 8 tons, with a stable market price 3.000 VND / kg at present to 18-24 million income. This is the dream of people in mountainous areas.

However, to recover and sustainable development in the local cloud forest, contributing to poverty alleviation, improving incomes for people, especially families and ethnic minorities, should have the attention of the local authorities and the support of the industry functions. What people need is growing cloud support on seeds, fertilizers, planting techniques and care ... In addition, to encourage local enterprises producing rattan products purchased facility directly to create a stable output for rattan.

 

2 year old rattan folds well developed on forests in Lao.

 

* And talk about a project ... "soaking"

See the economic benefits of rattan, since 2006, Lao district has developed 1,008 hectares of tree planting projects sticky material under the canopy of the cloud forest protection in 8 communes in the district. This project by the People's Committee of An Lao District as an investor, Construction JSC international trade and rural development Thanh Hung (headquartered in Hanoi) is the funding, engineering and contract commits products.

Rattan fold from 0.8 to 2 cm in diameter. Reaches maturity, a long fiber can cloud from 20-22 m. Cloud tillering lines throughout the year, especially during the rainy season strong in porous soil, if proper care techniques, cloudy 7 year old can have up to 30 branches, stems more from the clouds long growing 3-4 m. Rattan not picky sticky soil, easy to grow, investors care little remains stable harvested from 7-10 years, harvest 2 times per year.

Under the plan, from 2006 to 2010, Lao district will invest more than 47 billion contract to build the plant nursery and seed clouds clouds, including venture capital 3.2%, 42.5% capital support ministries, central agencies, 21% debt and 33% equity capital of the people's benefit. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung, Vice Chairman of An Lao District, confirmed that the project has a large capital investment, feasibility, if implemented will attract thousands of workers in the local harvest, contributing to the stable employment, poverty reduction step towards the development of forest-enrichment of the local population.

Rattan plantation project of Lao district lines were PPC, sent to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for consideration. However, over the past 3 years, this project was "immersed" in the Ministry.

Project rattan DPC lines for no purpose Lao economic growth forest, maximizing the potential of forest land and workforce available locally, helping the people to stick with foresters and up on the enrichment of their homeland. On the other hand, clouds grow from this project as well as raw materials for factories and establishments producing handicrafts, contribute to the maintenance and development of traditional industries in and outside the province.

Design thinking, DPC, PPC need special attention to this project soon realized ...

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