Project's information

Project's title Study and classification of flammable forests and proposal of measurements to control forest fires and haze pollution reduction in Daklak province
Research hosting institution Institute of Geography
Project leader’s name Dr. Luu The Anh
Project duration 01/01/2012 - 01/01/2013
Project’s budget 400,000,000 (Four hundred millions in Vietnam dong)
Classify Medium
Goal and objectives of the project

- Assessment and classification flammable forests.
- Proposal of measurements to control forest fires.

Main results

a) Theoretical results:
The project has major achievements, such as:
- Clarifying the status of forest fires in the Daklak province period 2000 - 2012;
- Establishment of forest classification map of Daklak province at scale 1:100.000 according to the classification systems by species and volume of forest issued by Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development;
- Analysis and clarification of socio - economic and natural factors, which infuence forest fire process in Daklak province, from which 08 indicators as input for the model of forest fire risk classification were selected.
- Establishment of forest fire risk classification and zone maps of Daklak province at scale of 1:100.000. That meets the requirement of update and management of forest resources and forest fire prevention in the whole province.
b) Applied results:
The project results can be used to prevent forest fire in Daklak province. In addition, these results are a source for reference in training and research in the field of forest fire prevention and management at the Universities and specialized research institutions.

Novelty and actuality and scientific meaningfulness of the results

- This is the first time for establishing forest fire risk zone map in Daklak province at scale of 1:100.000.
- Contribute to improve the methodology of GIS technology application to build model in prediction of forest fire risk.

Research region

- Commender unit of forest fire prevention of Daklak province;
- Forest Protection Department of Daklak province;
- Environmental Protection Agency of Daklak province.