Location and function

The Department of Silviculture Techniques is a unit within Silviculture Research Institute working primarily in application of silviculture techniques for management of natural forests and plantations.

Duties

• Assessment of site suitability, and selection of appropriate (matching) species for functions including harvest and conservation. 
• Selection of plants, and determination of growing methods, for forest restoration – especially in the context of changed climate.
• Research into to techniques for producing seeds, seedlings and trees.
• Applying the results of research to develop technologies and techniques for outcomes including:
  • Promotion of natural regeneration, enrichment and degraded forest rehabilitation.
  • Silvicultural management of natural forests after harvesting.
  • Sustainable harvest and management of natural forests.
  • Promoting natural regeneration after ecosystem degradation, including via depletion of forest lands after shifting agriculture, exotic plantations and cattle grazing.
• Research into technologies and silvicultural techniques for cultivation, intensive plantation, large timber plantations, forest protection, and promotion of multiple-purpose trees in forests to restore natural ecosystems.
• Research into fertilizers, bio-products and techniques to improve productivity, quality and sustainability of plantations.
• Investigate site management measures to improve productivity, maintain soil fertility, and improve soils within plantations. 
• Constructions of model and intensive plantations.
• Research into codes, standards and guidelines for techniques for preservation of seeds, sowing, planting, tending, thinning, harvesting and planting. 
• Training, knowledge transfer, evaluation, development and supervision of works in plantation forestry and plantation management