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River and steep bank stabilization in Assam, India. Two related files by Oliver Hawes and Shantanoo Bhattacharyya showing and discussing the work carried out by Shantanoo on some very big rivers in Assam, including the mighty Bramaputra. Thee were some failures, but mostly it was succesful and some very useful lessons can be learnt from this work. More at our blog site. |
SISTEMA DE APLICAÇÕES VETIVER MANUAL DE REFERÊNCIA TÉCNICA |
SISTEMA DE APLICAÇÕES VETIVER MANUAL DE REFERÊNCIA TÉCNICA (Brazilian/Portuguese translation of the Vetiver System Applications Manual). Special thanks to Paulo R.Rogerio, Eng. Geotecnico, PE who translated the English version. Great job. The use of Vetiver System in Brazil has been increasing over the past year. So here is an opportunity to expand further. |
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Report on the application of the Vetiver System in the Citarum River Basin, Indonesia. This report (1.4MB) by Truong and Booth demonstrates how vetiver can be used to solve to major problems realkting to river pollution: sediment inflow from hillside soil erosion; and pollution from domestic waste water flows into a river. This small pilot project if expanded could so much to solve river pollution, particularly in the upper (more rural) part of a river basin in many btopical countries. |
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From Bio Clean Environmental Services - California. A project at Oceanside, California to treat wash down water from a harbor boat wash site, along with many little sewer spills coming from RVs on a continuous basis. It’s a very dirty site. Over 4000 pounds of oil laden sediment was removed from the pre-treatment chamber in the last two years. The system treats 2,000 to 8,000 gallons of water every day. Vetiver Grass was chosen because it has the ability to grow in saline water and the ability to deal with high pollutant loads, both as feature of the site. Vetiver was a great choice and a real success story. see details and data and field report (best). |
PUBLICATIONS |
Publications - new list with easy links to shops and downloads |
TVNI FY 2009 Financial Reports |
Includes: Financial Statements and IRS form PPF - 990 |
Vetiver Grass A Hedge Against Erosion
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John Greenfield's Farmers handbook French Edition |
Economic Analysis
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New Vegetative Approaches To Soil and Moisture Conservation. Magrath, Greenfield and Yudelman |
Disaster Mitigation, Flood and Erosion Control in Haiti
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Short paper by Mike Benge. Senior Agro-Forester |
New Zealand Vetiver
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Paul Truong visits New Zealand and meets John Greenfield and Wendy Hamilton Gates. His visit notes and photos shows that VS does a pretty good job in the North Island |
Tico Times - Costa Rica
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Interview with Yorleny Cruz - Coordinator of The Costa Rica Vetiver Network |
Comparing Vetiver System with engineered soil conservation
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This fact sheet prepared by Elise Pinners. compares the differences in design and function between Vetiver Hedgerows and constructed terraces. recommended as an informational hand out hand out |
TECHNICAL MANUAL |
Vetiver System Applications - Technical Reference Manual - Vietnamese - original version of this manual series. |
TECHNICAL MANUAL |
Vetiver System - Technical Reference Manual |
VETIVER MANUAL IN SPANISH
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MANUAL SOBRE EL USO Y MANEJO DEL PASTO VETIVER (Chrysopogon zizanioides) by Julio Alegre of Peru |
