Objectif In the context of the rapidly decreasing forest areas of Central SouthEast Asia and the associated social and environmental problems, the project aims at improving the understanding of the ecology, structure and dynamics of indigenous forests and their successional trends and of their sustainable silvicultural management on a semi-natural basis - under aspects of economic efficiency as well as social acceptability and environmental stability. Until now, very little research has been conducted into the natural forest of the region. Ecology and silviculture are poorly understood and their potential underestimated. To this end the objectives include research into underlying ecological processes of natural and secondary forests, silvicultural management techniques for natural and secondary forests and Eor reforestation with native species, socio economic impact analysis of semi-natural management, and the interaction of these factors. The protected areas and the surrounding buffer zones of the Thung Yai Huai Kha Khaeng UNESCO World Heritage Site in Thailand will serve as study sites. Here, the main evergreen as well as decidous forests and vegetative types of Continental South-East Asia are represented and the results gained can be directly applied in the buffer Zone management. The project will initially last for 4 Years, commencing in 1994. It is carried out as an institutional venture of three universities. The envisaged cooperation will benefit the research institutions involved through improved research capacities, information exchange, and the complementary eefects of an interdisciplinary approach. The prospect of lonq term cooperation and an associated continuity of personal contacts will give the research work additional thrust, making the project a comprehensive approach to the semi-natural management of natural and secondary forests in Thailand and Central South-East Asia. Both in terms of research topics and in point of time within forest successions the results can be extrapolated to other forest areas of CSEA. Champ scientifique natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture Programme(s) FP3-STD 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the life sciences and technologies for developing countries, 1990-1994 Thème(s) Data not available Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Bertoldstrasse 17 79085 Freiburg Allemagne Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (2) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire Chulalongkorn University Thaïlande Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 10330 Bangkok Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Università degli Studi di Firenze Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Via San Bonaventura 13 50145 Firenze Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée