2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Land use history of swidden cultivation and long-term change in forest ecosystem around a Karen village, Myanmar
| Project/Area Number |
20710189
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Area studies
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUZUKI Reiji Kyoto University, 生存基盤科学研究ユニット, 助教 (60378825)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 植生遷移 / 土地利用履歴 / 持続性 / 衛星画像解析 |
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| Research Abstract |
As a result of swidden cultivation in a Karen village in the Bago Mountaions, Myanmar, part of tree-dominated forest became bamboo-dominated forest. However, fallow vegetation in various recovery stages would increase biodiversity and many useful plants were collected from the fallow lands. Swidden cultivation by opening bamboo-dominated forest observed in our research site seems reasonable from the viewpoint of vegetation recovery because it stimulates rapid bamboo recovery during the fallow period. It is likely that felling and recovery of vegetation in this area has reached some equilibrium state. It appears that swidden cultivation in this village might be sustainable in terms of vegetation recovery, as long as the present population density is maintained.
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