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Newsletter (NL 2025-08) A Look at AI’s Potential for Vetiver Promotion, Welcome to TVNI’s New Technical Directors, A Large-scale Ecological Remediation Project in China, Recent News/Research

Can AI help accelerate the scaling and uptake of the Vetiver System? As we are all aware, communities across the Global South are experiencing the accelerating impacts of climate change — soil erosion, flooding, drought, and degraded farmland. For hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers, credible large-scale planned adaptation programs will arrive too late. What these communities urgently need are low-cost, community-led solutions that are: Proven: backed by decades of field evidence Scalable: adaptable to diverse climates and soils Accessible: simple enough for farmers to implement with minimal inputs We also know that the Vetiver System (VS) meets these criteria and should be playing a much larger role than it currently is playing.… Read the rest “Newsletter (NL 2025-08) A Look at AI’s Potential for Vetiver Promotion, Welcome to TVNI’s New Technical Directors, A Large-scale Ecological Remediation Project in China, Recent News/Research”
Jim Smyle
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Newsletter (NL 2025-07) Promoting the Vetiver System, Landscaping, Feedback, Learning from the past

Dick Grimshaw
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Newsletter (NL 2025-06) — Vetiver & citrus greening: attention researchers; A meta review of VGT slope stabilization; Vetiver roots tensile strength; Women farmers, tenure security and Vetiver; Regional Conference in India

In this Newsletter, among others, we present some interesting observations and research findings that underscore the importance of further research for deepening and expanding our understanding of how the Vetiver System can contribute to a climate-resilient, sustainable future. The first comes from Dr. Mani Skaria, whose observations in his citrus plantations led him to hypothesize that Vetiver may have an important role to play in the management of the devastating disease of citrus trees known as “HLB” or “citrus greening”.… Read the rest “Newsletter (NL 2025-06) — Vetiver & citrus greening: attention researchers; A meta review of VGT slope stabilization; Vetiver roots tensile strength; Women farmers, tenure security and Vetiver; Regional Conference in India”
Jim Smyle
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Newsletter (NL 2025-05) – Common threads through successful Vetiver applications are motivated individuals and communities/ VGT showcased at a premier international conference for geosciences

Note: due to a recent issue with the TVNI website, the May Newsletter was “lost” and will need to be redone. Until then, this is a placeholder only.
Jim Smyle
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Newsletter (NL 2025-04) – Pan American Vetiver conference, field feedback, and more

Pre-Announcement: PanAmerican Vetiver System Conference – Veracruz, Mexico, November 2025 — Building a Sustainable Future for the Americas with the Vetiver System This event will explore the transformative potential of the Vetiver System (VS) in addressing critical sustainability challenges across Latin America and beyond.  The conference will serve as a unique platform for international collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the generation of innovative, practical solutions for the Americas. See more Vetiver System in Latin America When traveling back from an international soils conference held at Oaxaca, Mexico in 1994, I happened to sit behind Oscar Rodriguez of Venezuela.… Read the rest “Newsletter (NL 2025-04) – Pan American Vetiver conference, field feedback, and more”
Dick Grimshaw
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Newsletter – Slope Stabilization Standards, VS Training Opportunities, India & Latin America WhatsApp Groups, Monthly Latin American Roundtable Summaries, A Possible Pan-American Conference in 2025 (NL 2025-02)

Standard Specification for Slope Stabilization Using Vetiver Grass (coming soon) Dr. Mohammad Shariful Islam, a distinguished researcher and practitioner in the field of bioengineering, has done much to advance the understanding and application of Vetiver Grass Technology (VGT) as a nature-based solution for mitigating soil erosion and stabilizing critical infrastructure. In the forthcoming technical guide, which is primarily intended for professionals (including engineers, policymakers, and project managers), he shares detailed technical guidance on the design, implementation, and maintenance of Vetiver-based systems, based on his many years of experience in Bangladesh and beyond.… Read the rest “Newsletter – Slope Stabilization Standards, VS Training Opportunities, India & Latin America WhatsApp Groups, Monthly Latin American Roundtable Summaries, A Possible Pan-American Conference in 2025 (NL 2025-02)”
Jim Smyle
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Watershed restoration using the Vetiver System.

In many parts of the world, villages and their inhabitants are closely connected to the surrounding landscapes, often sharing ownership. Typically, issues related to soil erosion and water pollution are addressed as either agricultural/forestry or urban problems, each requiring different mitigation actions and technologies. However, as urban and farm densities increase, these problems and their solutions increasingly merge and  affect both groups. Vetiver Grass Technology is a unique example where the same plant, vetiver grass, can be used as a crucial component for cross-sector mitigation.… Read the rest “Watershed restoration using the Vetiver System.”
Dick Grimshaw
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