The technical cooperation programme (TCP) is in line with ASEAN’s vision and strategy regarding the guidelines, providing ‘readiness’ support for implementation of the guidelines in Member States, with a focus on three pilot countries considered…
Natural rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) latex is an important industrial component, and demand is projected to increase with the growth of the global economy. Cultivation of rubber is also a potential path out of poverty for many smallholders. However,…
Background Very large numbers of rural households in Viet Nam earn much of their incomes from selling timber products. Growing pressures on agricultural lands lead to forest extraction and conversion, exacerbating climate change and adversely…
The Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry (SEANAFE) is a network of 85 member institutions in five country networks; in Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.Since 1999, SEANAFE has been working towards improving agroforestry…
Background:Swidden fallow systems have recently been described as ‘living landscapes’, where the interlinkages between forest, farm and land support livelihoods and the potential to sequester carbon to mitigate climate change. Indeed, UN-REDD policy…
TUL-SEA - Trees in multi-Use Landscapes in South East AsiaContact(s):Diah WulandariTimeframe:May 2007 - April 2010Funding:Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)…
Smallholder Rubber Agroforestry System (2004-2008)
This project is testing and promoting technologies which have the potential to improve the productivity of smallholder rubber agroforestry systems without conversion to monoculture and while maintaining biodiversity.Indonesia has the world’s largest…