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Vetiver documents, presentations and media collected since 1996

The Document Center brings together vetiver papers, reports, presentations and media collected by TVNI since 1996, many of them not found anywhere else. Start with the collections below, or browse the document library further down.

Oldest known drawing of vetiver grass, circa 1678.
Oldest known drawing of vetiver grass, circa 1678.

Research and technical collections

Conference and workshop papers

632 papers, slides and videos from the international vetiver conferences and national workshops, 1996–2023, searchable by topic.

Conference papers

Vetiver Research Library

311 research papers on vetiver collected by Dr. Paul Truong, by topic, with links to the publishers.

Research Library

The Paul Truong Collection

199 papers, supervised theses, technical bulletins, Vetiverim issues and reports by TVNI’s Technical Director, including Vetiver Roots.

Paul Truong Collection

The John Greenfield Collection

The work of “the Father of Vetiver”: the original Hedge against Erosion handbook, his 2002 book, papers and field notes.

John Greenfield Collection

A Look-see at Vetiver in Malaysia

P.K. Yoon’s pioneering field trials at the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia, 1989–1993, both reports combined.

Yoon’s Look-see

Bibliography (pre-1990)

Bibliographical information compiled by the late Mark Dafforn (US National Academy of Sciences).

Full bibliography

TVNI history and news

Vetiver Newsletters 1990–2002

The first 22 Vetiver Network newsletters (#3–#24) in one file, with a contents list by topic.

Newsletters 1990–2002

TVNI Blog Archive 2006–2021

319 posts from the original TVNI blog, indexed by topic.

Blog archive

Newest material

Before it is filed here, the most recent information collected by TVNI appears in What’s New.

What’s New

PowerPoints and other files

Presentations and other useful documents kept on Google Drive.

PowerPoints on Drive

Document library

How to use the library: each folder contains sub-folders. Open a folder, find the document you want and click its download button. Sometimes you will arrive on a document page instead; look for the download button there. You can also search by category, tag or name. The library is far from complete and is being added to.