COVER NOTE FOR SUBMISSION OF INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
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NAME OF COUNTRY or ORGANIZATION : MYANMAR
ForestResearchInstitute, Yezin
CONTACT PERSON ON TECHNICAL CONTENTS OF THE INFORMATION
Name of the contact person / Ms. WaiWaiThan
Name of her organization / ForestProtectionSection, FRI, Yezin
Focal Person of the Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network(APFISN-FAO)
Postal address of the organization / ForestResearchInstitute, Yezin 05282, Myanmar
Phone number
+(country code)-(area code)-(phone number) / +95 09 43020213
E-mail address /
TYPE OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED - Tick one information source in the right column
Positive case of biological control on IAS / √
  • Prosopisjuliflora can be used as fuel wood (= in the sheets of social, economic, )
As a biological controlfrom using firewood of Prosopisjuliflorabypeople. Woodcutters and sellers, charcoal makers, small business usage fuel for toddy candy cooking, pot, kitchen stove, and brick baking were estimated. It is assumed that landless rural people earning commensurately for their livelihoods.
  • Water Hyacinth can be converted to biofertilizer (biochar) (= in the sheet of unpublished, sharable)
Development of an organic fertilizer implementation on degraded soil in Myanmar by using the invasive aquatic species WaterHyacinth (Eichhorniacrassipes [Mart.] Solms).
•The invasive species Water Hyacinth diverse as the advantages for other species.
•Win-Win solution: IAS control and sustained soil fertility.
Growth Rate
1 st time (Sept, 2012) 2 nd time (Oct, 2012)
•Site 1 . 185 .7 fold Site 1 . 354.5 fold
•Site 2 88.8 Site 2 112.77
•Site 3 150 Site 3 44.4
•Site 4 754.4 Site 4 269.2
•Site 5 740.3 Site 5 733.3
Seasonal growth rate should be studied
Fresh weight 100 Kg = Dry weight available 6.5 to 7 Kg
Chemical Analysis of thebiocharfrom WH
Description / Moisture
% / Organic Matter
OM % / Total %
N / P2 O5 / K2 O / Ca / Mg / S / Fe
Biochar / 2.1881 / 87.7897 / 3.1734 / 0.6669 / 0.4599 / 7.4519 / 0.1676 / 11.25 / 0.4482
  • Chromoleaodorataisused as traditional medicine and analyze its chemical composition (proposed 2016-2018)
Distribution and Utilization as Medicinal for Population Management of InvasiveSpeciesChromoleaodorataL.)R.M.King& H Robinson in Myanmar.
  • To assess the distribution of the Chromolaena odorata(L.)R.M.King& H Robinson in Myanmar.
  • To promote the public awareness to convert utilization for traditional medicine from Invasive Species Chromolaena odorata(L.).
  • To find out the population management of the species.

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