‘ Nursing work after planting(2)
Selective Cutting Work
In July 2003 in the Ramifore district of the Molota village, we had launched on the so-called selective cutting work in order to make the forests well-balanced in the varieties of trees. It is done to alleviate over-density of the forests as well as to promote the development of useful well-developed trees. So the selective cutting work requires an advanced technology that we plan to establish a committee composed of the experts from Guinea, Japan and Europe as well as the elders from the local Molota village, to deal with the long-term prospect. At any rate, our fortunate starting-off of this selective cutting work in the fifth year of the activities is the first significant step, in other words the real start of the tropical rain forest regeneration activities.
The purpose of the selective cutting work is to prevent damages of young trees from harmful insects generated in the forest where each variety is over-crowded.
Also, in the case that the trees of the same variety grow vying each other, well-grown ones supposed to be left.
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The staff doing the "selective cutting work" 1
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The staff doing the "selective cutting work" 2
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| Forest finished with the selective cutting work
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The land after slash-and-burn firming dramatically changed into the woods that look so much like forest |
‘ Results of Afforest Activities
In the Seventh year of planting, the villagers began to recognize the benefit of the forest.
With the start of the selective cutting work, firewood, which is imperative for the residents' lives', has finally been able to be gathered. The cut-off trees turn into the wood for fuel. Charcoal production could be expected in the future.
The most remarkable output of our afforest activities is that the water re-emerged from the dried-up fountain at the foot of the mountain for the first time in 50 years, restoring the rice cultivation in the dry season.
The functions of the forest began to recover. And the smiling faces of the villagers are seen more frequently than before.
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the firewood generated by the trees cut down in the selective cutting work, in the Simbaraya district.
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Children of the Molota village nibbling on the apple-like part of the upper part of the cashew nuts fruits to ease hunger
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the cashew nuts fruits
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the restored rice field
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| The secretary general of SUPA Mr. Nozawa (in blue shirt)
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He's in charge of the guidance. |
Along with the in-part resume of rice farming with the first water in 50 years, the size of the fields for vegetable planting also increased. SUPA has been operated technical guidance of planting vegetables for the dry season using the seeds of the varieties with previously successful results in Mali.
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