Aung, May Thu. Sustainable bamboo mangement in mixed deciduous forest at Yedashe Township, Bago Region, Myanmar. Master's Degree(Tropical Forestry). Kasetsart University. Office of the University Library. : Kasetsart University, 2019.
Sustainable bamboo mangement in mixed deciduous forest at Yedashe Township, Bago Region, Myanmar
Abstract:
Sustainable management of bamboo is mandatory in Myanmar as the timber yield is decreasing annually as a consequence of forest degradation and deforestation. There is a gap of knowledge on how and how many bamboos (culms) are harvested by the local people and how much bamboo can be supplied by the forests. The objectives of this study were to analyze (1) socio-economic characteristics of local people, (2) amount of bamboo (culms) harvested, and the bamboo harvesting methods used by rural people residing nearby the mixed deciduous forest situated in the well-known Bago Yoma natural forest in Myanmar and (3) tree species composition and the potential of the mixed deciduous forests in supplying bamboos. Community meeting and questionnaire survey using convenience sampling method were performed for social survey and simple random sampling was employed for conducting the inventory to know the bamboo production, species composition and diversity of mixed deciduous forest. Local people mainly depend on bamboo culm production for livelihood. A total number of 53 species belonging to 45 genera and 25 families were identified from the mixed deciduous forest. The total number of clumps per hectare for three bamboo species found in the area was 536 clumps whereas that value was equivalent to 7,000 culms per hectare. Among 9 rules for systematic bamboo harvesting in Myanmar, local people in the study area never followed those rules except the rule stating harvesting should preferably be done each year. The amount of bamboo culms harvested annually (2,742,255 culms) by the local people was higher than the potential of forests that could be supplied in a year (458, 400 culms). According to the existing bamboo harvesting method, the current bamboo management is unsustainable.
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