Concordian International School pupils taught the best way to conserve forests
Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) lately welcomed Grade 9 and Grade 11 students from Concordian International School (CIS) as well as their educators and parents to Lop Buri state.
They will joined CPF forest conservation and rehab activities at the CPF Rak Nives with Phraya Doen Thong Mountain Project and followed the nature trail.
Inviting them were Tanompong Sungthoop, from the Mature Forestry Operation Forest Resource Management Bureau 5 of the Royal Forestry Department (RFD) and the Phraya Doen Thong Project main; and Sutee Smudraprabhud, assistant vice leader of CPF’s Corporate Sustainable Development Office.
According to Mr Tanompong plus Mr Sutee, the particular forest rehabilitation project has shown fruitful results thanks to the collaboration involving the RFD, CPF plus neighbouring communities.
All celebrations have lent the hand in turning the degraded forest right into a forest that offers wide biodiversity within plants and animals.
Four innovative reforestation strategies have been applied such as the creation of water and food sources for wildlife, that has attracted many creatures to the area.
The task serves as a model for reforestation and conservation as well as a learning center for the general public.
For the trip to the “nature classroom”, officials from the RFD and CPF trained the international school students about forest growing techniques such as the size of openings in which to seed them.
They recommended making holes 30 centimetres wide, 30cm lengthy and 30cm strong. The students had been then split into three groups to dig holes for two hundred seedlings over a 1-rai area.
Selected for planting were Hopea odorata ( Takhien Thong), Burmese Padauk ( Pradu Pa) , rosewood ( Phayoong) and White meranti ( Phayom), which grow nicely in the area.
The students had taken pride in performing the task as the two hundred seedlings were amongst 4, 000 donated to their school plus taken care of by their colleagues from the Seed of Hope Club.
The baby plants were nurtured for a year to ensure their own survival. All healthy specimens were then donated to the Phraya Doen Thong Hill Project and grown to add green area and help absorb carbon dioxide in support of activities to fight climate change.
The students later on joined a “seed ball” activity, firing lumps of clay containing seeds plus fertilisers which help distribute natural seeds.
“I experienced so much fun and was happy to take part in woodland conservation, ” stated Sirinya “Palmy” Hirunviriya, a Grade-11 college student who is president of the school’s Seed associated with Hope Club.
“I learnt the right way to grow trees and shrubs and want to invite people to grow more of all of them. We are haunted simply by global warming due to deforestation. Reforestation will help absorb CO2 and this is one of the best things you can do to halt global warming, ” she stated.
“I was happy to move out there, enjoy character and take care of the environment, ” said Ramita Sriausadawutkul, a Quality 9 student who also planted seven trees.
“I urge everyone to give importance to character. People today spend a lot of your time on technology but they should not neglect nature which has given us so many things. By developing a tree, we are giving nature some thing in return, ” the lady said.
Established by Varnnee Chea- ravanont Ross, Concordian International School aims to give its students new experiences. By joining the tree planting action, students were expected to learn about reforestation away from classroom, while having a good time with family members.
The activity seemed to be expected to raise understanding about nature amongst youths as they are usually its future guardians. CPF Rak Nives with Phraya Doen Thong Mountain Project is a joint venture of the RFD, CPF and neighbouring communities.
It began in 2016 and has observed the conservation, rehab and growth associated with trees on 6, 971 rai associated with land, serving like a role model in forest rehabilitation to get other areas in Thailand. It is a learning center for interested organisations, public and private, as well as educational institutions.