International Union of Forest Research Organizations Union Internationale des Instituts de Recherches Forestières Internationaler Verband Forstlicher Forschungsanstalten Unión Internacional de Organizaciones de Investigación Forestal IUFRO World Series Vol. 30 Asia and the Pacific Workshop Multinational and Transboundary Conservation of Valuable and Endangered Forest Tree Species Editors: Sim Heok-Choh, Syuqiyah Abdul Hamid, Li Mei Extended Abstracts From the Workshop held in Guangzhou, China 5–7 December 2011 Jointly organized by: Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry (RITF-CAF) In association with: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI) ISSN 1016-3263 ISBN 978-3-902762-15-3 IUFRO, Kuala Lumpur 2012 Recommended catalogue entry: Asia and the Pacific Workshop - Multinational and Transboundary Conservation of Valuable and Endangered Forest Tree Species. Sim Heok-Choh, Syuqiyah Abdul Hamid, Li Mei (editors). Extended Abstracts from the Workshop held in Guangzhou, China, 5–7 December 2011, jointly organized by Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) and Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry (RITF-CAF), in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) and Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI). Kuala Lumpur, 2012 - 129 p. - (IUFRO World Series Vol. 30). ISSN 1016-3263 ISBN 978-3-902762-15-3 Cover photos: (from left to right) 1) Tnah LH: Flowering of Neobalanocarpus heimii 2) Laskar M. Rahman: The Sundarbans, an UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning over Bangladesh and India 3) Wang HR: A population of Erythrophloeum fordii Oliv., age over 100 years, in fragmented natural forest is designated as ex situ conservation in southern China Published by: IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, 2012 © 2012 Sim Heok-Choh, Syuqiyah Abdul Hamid, Li Mei and IUFRO Available from: IUFRO Headquarters Secretariat c/o Mariabrunn (BFW) Hauptstrasse 7 1140 Vienna Austria Tel.: +43-1-8770151-0 Fax: +43-1-8770151-50 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.iufro.org Printed by: Info Meditasi, Taman Industri Balakong Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia CONTENTS Acknowledgements iv Opening Programme Opening Address 1 Dr Shin Joonhwan Opening Address 2 Prof. Dr Liu Shirong Opening Address 4 Dr Abd Latif Mohmod Opening Address 5 Wang Chunling Opening Address 6 Liang Yongchao Opening Address 8 Dr Xu Daping Management of transboundary landscape for conservation of the 9 Sundarbans biodiversity Laskar Muqsudur Rahman Growth and genetic diversity of native tree species exchanged between 14 Vietnam and China Nguyen Hoang Nghia and Pham Quang Thu Mixed plantation of Santalum album and Dalbergia odorifera in China 17 Xu Daping, Lu Junkun, Liu Xiaojin, Zhang Ningnan and Yang Zengjiang Strategy for conservation of genetic resources of valuable hardwoods in 19 East and Southeast Asia Wang Huoran Plant diversity among Betula alnoides plantations and adjacent natural 22 forests Zhang Jinfeng, Yang Dejun and Geng Yunfeng Schleichera oleosa – a case for transboundary conservation 25 Animesh Sinha and A. K. Mandal Conservation of valuable and endangered forest tree species in protected 30 area in the Philippines Portia Gamboa-Lapitan, Manuel L. Castillo, Min Hwan Suh and Don Koo Lee Conservation of Melia dubia Cav. and Santalum album Linn. by extension 33 and development: Trials in tobacco farms in South India A.C.Lakshmana i Conservation of genetic resources of sandalwood (Santalum album L. 36 var. album) in Timor Islands Anto Rimbawanto Seed characteristics of Xanthoceras sorbifolia in several areas of China 40 An ChanHoon, Lee HyunSeok, Yin ZhiYang, Li FengRi, Li ChengDe and Yi JaeSeon Conservation of Aquilaria (Thymelaeaceae) in Peninsular Malaysia 43 Lau Kah Hoo and Chua L.S.L. Conservation and protection of Songga tree (Strychnos lucida R Brown) 46 as rare and valuable tree species – A case study in Sumbawa Island, Indonesia Zuraida, Agus Sukito and Saptadi Darmawan Community participation in conservation and protection of rare and 49 valuable tree species Sandal wood(Santalum album) Anura De Silva Germplasm and conservation of rare and endangered tree species 53 endemic to east China Liu Jun, Jiang Jingmin, Chen Yitai, Sun Honggang and Shao Wenhao The traditional knowledge survey of plants in Gangwon Province, the 56 Republic of Korea Lee Hyunseok, An ChanHoon, Yin ZhiYang, Choi YongEui and Yi JaeSeon Camphor tree resources and utilization 59 Zeng Linghai, Lian Huiming, Zhang Qian, Cai Yanling and He Boxiang Conservation status of threatened dipterocarps in Peninsular Malaysia 62 Suhaida M. and Chua L.S.L. Legal settings to conserve valuable and endangered trees using village 65 common forest and forest tree tenure in Bangladesh M Al-Amin, I. Jahan and S. Afrin Strategies for sustaining sandalwood resources in East Nusa Tenggara – 69 Indonesia Dede Rohadi, Titiek Setyawati, Retno Maryani, Mikael Riwukaho, Don Gilmour, Palulun Boroh, Yani Septiani and Elizabeth Lukas Landscape management approach as a key to transboundary 72 conservation of valuable forest tree species Dhananjaya Lamichhane Almaciga (Agathis philippinensis Warb.): Valuable but diminishing tree 75 species in the Philippines Arsenio B. Ella and Emmanuel P. Domingo ii Conservation and restoration strategy for wild forest Ginseng (Panax 79 ginseng C. A. Meyer) Choi YongEui, Kim ChulWoo and Yi JaeSeon Phylogeography and refugia of the Peninsular Malaysian endemic timber 81 species, Neobalanocarpus heimii (Dipterocarpaceae) Tnah Lee Hong, Lee S.L., Kevin Ng K.S., Subha Bhassu and Rofina Yasmin Othman Chloroplast DNA variation of Dalbergia cochinchinensis Pierre in 84 Thailand and Laos Ratree Yooyuen, Sutee Duangjai and Suchitra Changtragoon Introduction of Quercus rubra tree and its ex situ conservation in 88 Guangdong of China He Liping, Zeng Linghai, He Boxiang, Cai Yanling and Wang Yan Introduction trials of Chukrasia sp and Manglietia glauca in southern 91 China Zhong Chonglu, Wu Chong, Chen Yu, Zhang Yong, Chen Zhen, Jiang Qingbin, Ma Ni, Khongsak Pinyopusarerk, Nguyen Hoang Nghia and Pham Quang Thu Conservation of a threatened riparian tree Salix hukaoana 94 Satoshi Kikuchi and Wajiro Suzuki Identifying tree populations for conservation action through geospatial 98 analyses Riina Jalonen, Maarten van Zonneveld, Evert Thomas, Hannes Gaisberger, Barbara Vinceti, Hong Lay Thong and Judy Loo Resource status and conservation of four endangered and valuable trees 102 in Hainan Island of China Huang Guihua, Liang Kunnan, Zhou Zaizhi and Ma Huaming Genetic diversity of Aquilaria crassna (Thymelaeaceae) in Thailand using 106 microsatellite markers Sudarat Buapech, Suchitra Changtragoon and Wichan Eiadthong Gall rust disease epidemic on Falcataria moluccana in Indonesia and 110 Malaysia Sri Rahayu Natural distribution, endangered mechanism and conservation strategy of 113 an endangered tree species, Erythrophleum fordii Oliv. Zhao Zhigang, Guo Junjie, Sha Er, Zeng Jie and Xu Jianmin Panel Discussion 117 Appendix I : Field Trip Report 119 Appendix II : Workshop Programme 123 Appendix III : Workshop Participants 125 iii Acknowledgements The organizers of the Asia and the Pacific Workshop on Multinational and Transboundary Conservation of Valuable and Endangered Forest Tree Species would like to extend their deepest gratitude to the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI) for funding this workshop with its contributions to the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). We are especially grateful to Director Dr Xu Daping, for his support and approval to host the workshop by the Research Institute of Tropical Forestry (RITF), Chinese Academy of Forestry, in Guangzhou, China. Appreciations should also be extended to Dr Li Mei and her team from RITF for handling most of the logistics in putting this workshop together. Dr Zhong Chonglu of RITF has provided valuable inputs which contributed to the success of this workshop. Thanks also to all the other RITF and APAFRI staff for providing the administrative and secretariat support during the workshop. iv Opening Address Dr. Shin Joonhwan Senior Research Scientist Korea Forest Research Institute Seoul, Korea Dr. Liu Shirong, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Forestry; Dato’ Dr Abd. Latif Mohmod, Director General of Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Dr. Sim Heok-Choh, Executive Secretary of APAFRI; Dr. Xu Daping, Director of Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry; Distinguished Speakers; Ladies and Gentlemen; Good Morning! First of all, on behalf of the Korea Forest Research Institute, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and warm welcome to all participants in this Asia and the Pacific Workshop, “Multinational and Transboundary Conservation of Valuable and Endangered Forest Tree Species.” My special thanks must go to APAFRI for organizing this workshop. As more scientific information about global warming accumulates, climate change is emerging as the greatest environmental challenge of the twenty-first century. What is more, global threats such as poverty, population growth, air pollution, soil degradation, land use change, desertification and deforestation are intertwined with and all contribute to climate change. This requires unprecedented cooperation among the world's nations and strong