Acting Head of FRWO Emphasized:

Application of Modern Technologies for Saving Hycanian Forest



According to FRWO’s website, Eighteenth session of Sustainable Management of
Hycanian Forest Working Group chaired by Khosrow Shahbazi, Acting Head of FRWO
was held at FRWO Headquarters on Saturday with the agenda of application of
modern technologies in natural resources management and progress report of
Buxus Rescue Plan.

According to FRWO’s website, Eighteenth session of
Sustainable Management of Hycanian Forest Working Group chaired by Khosrow
Shahbazi, Acting Head of FRWO was held at FRWO Headquarters on Saturday with
the agenda of application of modern technologies in natural resources
management and progress report of Buxus Rescue Plan.

In this meeting, Dr. Shahbazi referring to human resource
shortage in FRWO stressed the need for application of modern technologies to
address challenges in forest sector due to its vital ecosystem functions.

He said: “We are facing with challenges in protecting the
Hyrcanian forests, including forest fires, pest and diseases and illegal
logging that among other factors disrupt forest management system in the region.”
He added that the application of modern technologies in the fields of early
warning and monitoring systems must be developed as a part of our management
system in the Hyrcanian forests.

In the meeting, a progress report of Buxus Rescue Plan (BRP)
implementation was presented including site selection, application of
fungicides in pilot areas, vitality and health of defoliated trees in Golestan,
Mazandaran and Guilan provinces and physical progress of gene bank
establishment. The report also added that the application of
fungicides approved by the Institute of Plant Protection has proved
effective in vitality and germination process of box-trees in the pilot
areas. 

Abbasali Nobakht, Deputy for Forestry Affairs, also thanked
the close collaboration of research institutes and said that FRWO is taking all
measures to save box-trees in the region.

Nebokht added that for this
purpose, a buxus seed center is established at the Claude Amol station to
produce elite species for plantation operation in selected sites.

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