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It is a production and sustainable land use that combines fish production and planting of nipa and agricultural crops. This technology makes a coastal area productive. Vegetables and other crops, and fish from the pond be harvested in the area while waiting for the nipa to be harvested for making thatching materials or for sap production.

Aquasulviculture is a multi-use system that promotes a harmonious co-existence between fish and mangrove tree species in a semi-enclosed system while providing coastal protection and maintenance to the ecosystem. The mangrove species suitable for this sysem are Nypa fruticans, Rhizophora species, Ceriops species, and Avicennia species. The technology is expected to facilitate the restoration of the now abandoned/unproductive or denuded/open areas to their productive condition, contributing to the enhancement of the mangrove ecosystem.

Bamboo has been tagged as the “green gold”. Bamboo products such as handicrafts and furniture are known not only in the Philippines but in other countries as well. Major commercial bamboo species, namely, kawayan-tinik, kawayan-kiling, bayog, and bolo can be propagated by culm cuttings. These may be planted directly in the plantation site or raised in the nursery for mass propagation.

Charcoal briquettes can be produced from wood and nonwood biomass wastes such as leaves, twigs, branches, coconut leaves, charcoal fines, and cellulosic wastes. They can lessen wood charcoal or fuelwood consumption of poultry farms, households, and domestic business. These briquettes can also be burnt clean and are safe to the environment.

The use of cuttings to propagate dipterocarp species may yet be one of the cornerstone technologies to reforest, thereby recover genetic resources and cut through the dwindling supply of wood. The nonmist system can be considered as the most practical clonal propagation technique that is applicable to Philippine dipterocarps because it does not require water systems. Since most of the forest nurseries of the country are located far from established water system, the mistless system would best suit local conditions where water had still to be manually collected.

Gugo (Entada phaleolosides), a popular forest vine, is primarily used as raw material in the production of gift items, housewares, baskets, and Christmas decors. The gugo bark extract is used for washing hair in the Philippines and in other Asian countries. The saponin content of the bark extract is used as ingredient for commercial tonics.

Malapapaya (Polyscias nodosa) is one of the lesser known indigenous species in the Philippines. It is a tall tree that grows to a maximum height if 25 m and a diameter of 50 cm. It grows best in open thickets and second-growth forests at low and medium altitudes. Malapapaya wood is primarily used for fancy woodwork, native wooden shoes, matchsticks, pencil slats, lollipop and popsicle sticks, ice cream spoons, boxes, crates, and food containers. It is also good material for plywood.

Medicinal plants have long been used to prevent or cure common sickness. With the high cost of medicines nowadays and with the successful laboratory research on the use of medicinal plants, many people have shifted to the use of such plant species and their products that have been proven to cure certain ailments.

Micropropagation is an alternative means if cloning superior forest tress using the tissue culture techniques. The technology can be used in the mass production of priority endemic species like Bagras. Bagras, one of the fastest growing trees, is an all-purpose wood. It can be used for pulpwood and can be processed into lumber or plywood.

Inoculum production of indigenous endomycorrhizal species delves on the development of successful protocol for reproducing Philippine endomycorrhizal species from single isolate and testing for their growth-enhancing potential to selected tree species. The investigation will provide a cheap source of inocula for improved planting stock production in reforestation, agroforestry, and coastal rehabilitation.

Philippine rattans are thorny climbing palms with supply golden canes. Rattan is a very important non-timber forest product to the cottage industries, and furniture and handicraft industries. The stems possess exceptional beauty with high strength-to-weight ratio making them highly versatile for the manufacture of various furniture and handicrafts products such as food trays, handbags and baskets.

Seed production areas (SPAs) is basically a plantation with known origin or stand of natural forest that have been upgraded and managed as source of improved seeds and propagules.

Species-site Compatibility Assessment is a computer-based technology that addresses the issues on low survival and poor growth of plantations due to inappropriate species-site matching, It specifically provides technical information on forest tree species, thus, reduces time and cost for species-site matching experiments. Species-Site Compatibility Assessment may be done by using statistical techniques that allow comparison of variables like tree age and spacing. This avoids costly failures due to incompatibility of the species planted with the prevailing site conditions.