319 posts from the TVNI blog, 2006–2021, grouped under the 12 vetiver.org topics. Click a topic to show only those posts, or use the search box in the table. Show all posts
Agriculture and farming 27Climate change 11Community and livelihoods 17Disaster mitigation 19Erosion and soil and water conservation 46Guides, standards and publications 16Network news and events 48Policy, upscaling and dissemination 36Pollution and wastewater 29Slopes and infrastructure 38The plant, planting and research 20Water and hydrology 12
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| Bananas and the Vetiver System: A Senegalese, Moroccan and Californian Perspective | Agriculture and farming | 2008-12 | I thought that I would post this rather interesting exchange between Criss Juliard and Doug Richardson Hello Doug, Vetiver is used to surround banana plantations along… | agriculture, erosion |
| Cattle Feed, Vetiver for | Agriculture and farming | 2010-09 | Every now and then someone will tell me that vetiver cannot be fed to livestock. | agriculture, energy |
| China Central Government Encourages to Control Rice Stem Borer with Vetiver | Agriculture and farming | 2019-04 | The website of China Central Government issued the following statement by Mr. | agriculture, health, pollution, water |
| Coffee Production and the Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2011-04 | I see that we have new members who are interested in using VS for supporting coffee production on steep land. | agriculture, climate change, erosion |
| Conservation Farming | Agriculture and farming | 2012-11 | Conservation farming is an important phrase in these times of climate change. | agriculture, climate change |
| Drought and the Vetiver System – How Vetiver Saved a Farmer’s Herd of Cattle in Venezuela | Agriculture and farming | 2015-06 | Climate change is resulting in severe droughts in some parts of the world. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, forage, management |
| Ethiopian Farmers, Vetiver System Supports | Agriculture and farming | 2008-06 | In 1996 the Vetiver Network provided a grant to a German NGO (Munchen fur Munchen (MFM)) to develop a vetiver program for soil and water conservation in the Mettu area… | agriculture, erosion |
| Farmer’s Venture Brings Fortune: The Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2011-01 | Yesterday I wrote about Paul Kombo, located at Voi, Kenya. | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Food Production in Africa and Asia | Agriculture and farming | 2009-11 | In the November 21st issue of the Economist there are two interesting articles. | agriculture |
| Food Security and the Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2011-03 | Lester Brown’s January 14 th 2011 update of the Earth Policy Institute’s Plan B titled “The Great Food Crisis of 2011” cites a doubling of annual growth in demand for… | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, energy, erosion, water |
| Food Security in Africa - We Don't Need Your Money, But We Need Your Technology | Agriculture and farming | 2009-10 | "We Don't Need Your Money, But We Need Your Technology" . | agriculture, erosion, water |
| Food Security in Africa and the Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2010-01 | I have just been talking with an old buddy of mine about food security and food production in Africa. | agriculture, erosion, water |
| Forage, Vetiver Grass as a | Agriculture and farming | 2014-06 | Texas - after burning Feb 4 2014 The same - May 27 2014 Probably for millenia the Falani cattle owners of Niger have burned the vetiver grass ( Chrysopogon nigritana -… | forage, management |
| Forage, Vetiver Grass as a (2012) | Agriculture and farming | 2012-06 | Some of you may know that Warren Sullivan, who has a farm on Trinity Bay, Texas , is interested in using vetiver as a forage to feed his cattle. | agriculture, climate change, plant |
| Future of Food - Crisis Prevention - Economist Feb 26 2011 | Agriculture and farming | 2011-02 | In the latest edition of the Economist there is an excellent article focusing on food supply and prices. | agriculture, climate change, erosion |
| Last Hunger Season | Agriculture and farming | 2013-07 | Have you read “ The Last Hunger Season ” by Roger Thurow? | agriculture, climate change, slope stabilization, water |
| Livestock Forage, Vetiver as a | Agriculture and farming | 2016-01 | Liyu Xu, Vetiver Coordinator for China, has been promoting the Vetiver System for 20 years, and continues to provide us with feedback on the use of vetiver in south… | agriculture, erosion, forage, plant |
| Looming Food Crisis and the Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2008-04 | With the sharp increase in food prices around the world, a growing hunger problem, and global warming, it is important that we do all we can to improve sustainable… | agriculture, erosion |
| Organic Farming and the Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2011-11 | Farm Buffer boundary of vetiver - note adjacent rice paddy fields at the left Here is an interesting practical use of vetiver in India where it was used to replace a 50… | agriculture, water |
| Pest Control and Vetiver Grass | Agriculture and farming | 2006-12 | We know that vetiver hedges are one of the most effective measures for reducing sediment flows from leaving farm land and other areas. | agriculture |
| Philippines - Farmer Feedback on the use of Vetiver - what they thought of Vetiver in the 1990s | Agriculture and farming | 2019-02 | The following are observations by Vetiver) users given during a 1996 community workshop at Matalom, Leyte, Philippines. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, forage, invasiveness, plant, slope stabilization |
| Shrinking Threat to Global Food Supplies | Agriculture and farming | 2013-07 | All of you who work with the Vetiver System should read today's article (published by the Guardian newspaper) written by Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy… | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Soil Fertility Maintenance in the Tropics | Agriculture and farming | 2008-12 | The post from Mike Mahowald below is just one more confirmation of the necessity of the Vetiver System for tropical agriculture - soil and water conservation, fertility… | agriculture |
| Stem Borer Control of Rice with Vetiver | Agriculture and farming | 2018-10 | Twenty counties in China's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces are planting vetiver as an ecological engineering method (trap crop) for the control of two stem borer species… | agriculture, plant |
| Vineyards and the Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2010-11 | From John Greenfield in New Zealand: I planted vetiver hedges on a property here in Kerikeri where the owner had established a small home vineyard. | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Water Conservation and crop production in the Sudan - a note on LINEAR FARMING from John Greenfield | Agriculture and farming | 2009-01 | The image on the top left shows the site location, and that on the bottom left shows a close up of the absorption bank (its leading edge -red line) Hi Dick, I was… | erosion, water |
| Zero Risk Slope Farming with the Vetiver System | Agriculture and farming | 2010-12 | I wonder how many of you who read this blog realize that unless we can slow down soil and fertility loss, rehabilitate unproductive land, and bring farm land back into… | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Carbon Sequestering | Climate change | 2007-04 | Do you know that 1 ha of fast growing young poplar trees produces from 10 - 25 tons of dry wood per year, this is equivalent to 18 to 45 tons of sequestered carbon per… | climate change |
| Carbon Sequestering - the Role of the Vetiver System | Climate change | 2013-10 | I have written before about Vetiver's potential for sequestering atmospheric carbon at high levels. | agriculture, climate change |
| Climate Change -- Carbon Sequestering -- Biofuel -- Vetiver System | Climate change | 2008-01 | With initial support from the World Bank, the VETIVER NETWORK INTERNATIONAL, is addressing one of the world’s major problems: SOIL EROSION. | climate change, energy |
| Climate Change – The need to do better with soil and water conservation | Climate change | 2015-11 | Climate change is already creating more intense storms – floods; and less rain and higher temperatures – drought. | agriculture, climate change, erosion |
| Climate change and Groundwater Recharge – Why use the Vetiver System? | Climate change | 2013-12 | Anno Farms - Ethiopia - perennial spring flow Groundwater is being depleted at unacceptable levels in countries like India, China, and the US; there are many culprits,… | agriculture, climate change, water |
| Climate change and the Caribbean islands | Climate change | 2012-04 | Criss Juliard a well respected agricultural business and watershed management consultant and experienced project manager tells me that following a visit to Jamaica… | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Climate Change and Vetiver Systems | Climate change | 2007-07 | Climate change is a hot topic and a lot of people and agencies are trying to focus on how to adapt to the changes that are likely to occur. | erosion, plant, water |
| Copenhagen | Climate change | 2009-12 | Looks as though nothing will come out of the talk at Copenhagen - few believed otherwise. | climate change |
| Fighting Climate Change in Africa | Climate change | 2009-10 | It is a real pleasure to see the progress being made in Ethiopia with the continued expansion of the Vetiver System for soil and water conservation. | erosion, water |
| Great Carbon Sink (Vetiver) | Climate change | 2008-01 | The more I look at Vetiver grass and its remarkable characteristics the more the plant makes sense as possibly the world's best carbon sink for atmospheric carbon when… | climate change |
| More on Vetiver and Carbon Sequestering | Climate change | 2007-04 | It is important to take into consideration that vetiver "plants" are in reality "clumps of plants". | climate change |
| Biomass Fuel (Vetiver) | Community and livelihoods | 2011-11 | A paper from ICV5 by Bo Huang describes how vetiver has been used to stabilize highly fractured slopes in south China. | climate change, energy |
| Biomass Production versus Vetiver Oil Production: Some Observations from Gueric Boucard | Community and livelihoods | 2017-07 | Recently Gueric Boucard (Dominican Republic) who has been in the vetiver oil business for years, and is now growing vetiver as a profitable bio fuel, sent the following… | energy, forage, management |
| Community Development, Poverty and the Vetiver System | Community and livelihoods | 2009-01 | There have been a number of cases where the Vetiver System has been singled out as being eminently useful as a technology that enhances community development projects. | erosion, Network News |
| Community Glue Pot (Vetiver) | Community and livelihoods | 2006-12 | Looking back some 20 years when John Greenfield (this years Norman Hudson Award winner) first introduced vetiver grass technology to India, and thereby initiating the… | Network News |
| Community Plant (Vetiver) | Community and livelihoods | 2006-12 | This year, from October 22 – 26, the Fourth International Conference on Vetiver (ICV4) will be held in Caracas, Venezuela, and will have the theme “Vetiver and People”. | erosion, Network News, slope stabilization |
| Community Resilience at a Time of Uncertainty, Part 1 – The Farm: Vetiver System Support | Community and livelihoods | 2017-01 | Figure 1:Hassan Ali and family from Ethiopia - a leading user of the Vetiver System and who is as a result much more resilient to uncertainty I propose to write about… | agriculture, climate change, erosion, management, slope stabilization |
| Community Resilience at a Time of Uncertainty, Part 2 – Water: Vetiver System Support | Community and livelihoods | 2017-01 | Figure 1: water oozing from spring line (PC- Anno Farms) This is the second article about using the Vetiver System to help build community resilience in these uncertain… | climate change, health, pollution |
| Economic and Financial Crisis | Community and livelihoods | 2008-11 | The current economic and financial crisis is not going to go away in the near future and we may have it with us for a long time. | agriculture |
| Energy and Vetiver | Community and livelihoods | 2009-10 | A university student wanted to know the energy value of vetiver which reminded me of a note from Gueric Boucard (Dominican Republic), Gueric uses vetiver as feed stock… | energy |
| Energy Efficient Wood Stoves and the Vetiver System | Community and livelihoods | 2010-01 | Did you know that 2 kg of dry biomass per day provides sufficient energy to cook the food for a family of six. | energy |
| Golf Course Landscaping with Vetiver | Community and livelihoods | 2009-01 | I found this interesting site: from the Golf Du Chateau course in Mauritius. | slope stabilization |
| Haiti - More on Vetiver for fuel | Community and livelihoods | 2011-03 | Here are a couple of links to the use of vetiver as a fuel in Haiti - worth a quick look Vetiver bundles Biochar and fuel More great information at Haiti Reconstruction | energy |
| Haiti Vetiver Oil Company to develope a vetiver briquetting program using vetiver leaves and harvested roots | Community and livelihoods | 2011-03 | Unikode SA of Haiti is one of the world's largest producers of vetiver oil (30 MT per year). | agriculture, erosion |
| Private Sector at work with Vetiver in Madagascar | Community and livelihoods | 2007-11 | Readers should be interested in the following email from Coppin Yoann in Madagascar. | plant, slope stabilization |
| Stoves, Biofuel and Vetiver | Community and livelihoods | 2011-12 | I was speaking with Criss Juliard this morning and he reminded me about the good work being done by Mike Mahowald's group, Haiti Reconstruction in Haiti with respect to… | energy |
| Urban Households, the Vetiver System for | Community and livelihoods | 2009-04 | On my recent visit to Ethiopia's western province of Illubabor I saw many excellent example of VS applications to agriculture, as described in another blog and on our… | erosion |
| Young Haitian helping his community through the Vetiver System | Community and livelihoods | 2010-04 | Gilbert Belneau is a Haitian and comes from and lives in the village of Cazal – which is in the Cabaret area of the Artibonite region of Northern Haiti. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Australia - After the Flood - the impact of the Vetiver System | Disaster mitigation | 2011-01 | Over the years Paul Truong has been using vetiver for various applications, one of them being for flood control at Laidley, Queensland. | disaster mitigation, erosion |
| Bridge protection/flood mitigation- 1 (Vetiver) | Disaster mitigation | 2011-04 | Eroding Bridge abutment (Truong) Bridge abutment approach 18 months after vetiver treatment (Truong) The weakest part of any bridge in the world, including the… | disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Bridge protection/flood mitigation- 2 (Vetiver) | Disaster mitigation | 2011-04 | Even more impressive is this work by Shantanoo Bhattacharyya of Assam India (Doria Bridge). | disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Earthquake Damage and Vetiver – Vanuatu | Disaster mitigation | 2010-01 | From Don Miller From past experience with this magnitude of earthquake I would suspect many ridge tops in Haiti will have been affected by topographic enhancement of the… | disaster mitigation |
| Environmental Protection and Natural Disaster Management with the Vetiver System | Disaster mitigation | 2007-12 | National Workshop on Vetiver System to be held on the 21st 22nd and 23rd February 2008 at Cochin, Kerala. | climate change |
| Food Crisis, Earthquakes, and Typhoons | Disaster mitigation | 2008-06 | These are just some of the crisis effecting parts of the world at this time. | disaster mitigation, Network News |
| Gulf Coast Hurricane Season. Levee protection and more | Disaster mitigation | 2011-06 | We have flooding in the lower Mississippi and the hurricane season is not far away. | disaster mitigation, slope stabilization |
| Gulf of Mexico Region, Potential of Vetiver in the | Disaster mitigation | 2009-11 | It is always nice to see private individuals experimenting with vetiver on their land. | disaster mitigation |
| Haiti - Agriculture - Production and Disaster Mitigation | Disaster mitigation | 2010-01 | Here is another blog that focuses on Haiti. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Haiti - Environmental Stabilization - Think BIG | Disaster mitigation | 2010-01 | Unless action is taken on a very large scale it will be virtually impossible to catch up and fix the Haiti's land denudation problems. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion |
| Land Rehabilitation in the Northern Mariana Islands of the Pacific | Disaster mitigation | 2019-04 | Mature vetiver on previously badly eroded slope This lead photo is of the rehab work of the very heavily eroded Talakhaya Watershed located on Rota Island, Northern… | climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Landslide rehab and stabilization in Brazil | Disaster mitigation | 2011-02 | Extreme rainfall events are more common with climate change some can have devastating impact resulting in landslides, destruction of physical property (homes) and loss… | disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Landslides and how to fix the problems | Disaster mitigation | 2011-11 | Recently the USGS has published and excellent guide: The Landslide Handbook - A Guide to Understanding Landslides by Lynn M. | slope stabilization |
| Mitigation of Disaster Impacts from Storm Events with Vetiver | Disaster mitigation | 2006-12 | “Catastrophic floods and landslides occurred throughout the region. | disaster mitigation |
| More on Brazil Land slides - Rio de Janeiro State | Disaster mitigation | 2011-02 | Felipe Dana, has photographed very graphically some of the recent land slides in Rio de Janeiro State in Brazil. | disaster mitigation, slope stabilization |
| Progress In Haiti | Disaster mitigation | 2010-09 | Criss Juliard is working with the WINNER project in Haiti and has created a training program in Vetiver System propagation and application. | disaster mitigation, plant, slope stabilization |
| Reconstruction of Haiti | Disaster mitigation | 2010-01 | The colossal effort and money that will have to be directed to Haiti for its reconstruction is unimaginable. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Steep Slope Protection and the Vetiver System: Disaster Mitigation in Brazil | Disaster mitigation | 2010-12 | TAKE NOTE: Vetiver System is on the move in Brazil and some very big engineering companies are getting involved. | disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Storms, Vetiver and Its Mitigation of the Impact of | Disaster mitigation | 2006-12 | I intended to write about vetiver and its use in pest control, but with the havoc caused by the recent hurricanes and tropical storms along the US Gulf Coast and the… | disaster mitigation |
| Africa, Soil Erosion and the Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2011-01 | I want to start 2011 with a blog for Africa. | agriculture, erosion, plant, water |
| Alge-Sachi, Illubabor Province of Ethiopia: The Vetiver Man | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-05 | I am fascinated by Ethiopia, partly because I worked there in the 1960s, and of course because of the Vetiver development that has taken place there over the past 20… | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Basis for Action: PPBES Report - Worsening Worldwide Land Degradation Now ‘Critical’, Undermining Well-Being of 3.2 Billion People | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2019-01 | p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times;… | agriculture, climate change, erosion, water |
| Biological Weir, A Vetiver Hedgerow Is a | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2008-12 | What is so special about a vetiver hedgerow? | erosion, plant |
| Black Cotton Soils and the Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2006-12 | I was faced with the problems of managing black cotton soils in the early 50s in Australia while working with the Soil Conservation Service. | agriculture, erosion |
| Caribbean, Vetiver in the – Used Extensively Before 1950 and Now Forgotten! | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2009-01 | The image on the left is of vetiver hedgerows in St Vincent in the 1950s. | erosion |
| Control of Rainfall Runoff and the Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2013-05 | John Greenfield’s note ( ) on the essential need to control rainfall runoff is indeed very much to the point. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Coral Triangle and Pacific Islands | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2009-06 | My old friend Don Miller who lives and works in Vanuatu as an agricultural advisor has aptly demonstrated that the Vetiver System will significantly reduce sediment… | erosion |
| Erosion Control in India with the Vetiver System: a Home Grown Technology | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2009-12 | Vetiver hedgerows have been used by some Indian farmers for generations for soil and water conservation, forage, structural strengthening and boundary delineation. | agriculture, erosion, plant |
| Ethiopia - VS upscaling for soil and water conservation continues. A Baby Boy Named Vetimar | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-08 | News from the Ethiopian Vetiver Network (ETVN) - A Baby Boy Named “Vetimar” About three months ago a newly married couple namely Mr. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion |
| Ethiopia: Vetiver Hedgerows | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2009-04 | Here are a couple of Google Earth images of Vetiver hedgerows in western Ethiopia near Mettu. | erosion, water |
| Facts about vetiver grass relative to soil and water conservation | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-01 | Elise Pinners who lives and works in Kenya has found that even with all the literature that is available, many people, including scientist do not understand the… | erosion |
| Fijian Islands, Soil Conservation with the Vetiver System in – A Review | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2007-03 | Fourteen years ago Paul Truong and Colin Creighton visited Fiji on behalf of the Government of Queensland to review the impact of vetiver and to find out if it had any… | erosion, plant |
| Gully Stabilization with the Vetiver System: GO GREEN!! | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-03 | I thought I would share with you a few photos sent to me by Paul Truong on using sandbags and vetiver to stabilize a small gully in Queensland Australia. | erosion, slope stabilization |
| Haiti: Vetiver Hedgerows and Training | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-04 | Criss Juliard, a TVNI director, has recently been helping to train Haitians in the Vetiver System. | disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Holistic Approach to Vetiver Grass Hedgerow Technology (VGHT) | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2013-04 | You will find an old unpublished paper by Dr. | erosion, slope stabilization |
| Key Line Systems, Vetiver Ideal for Use in | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2009-01 | See this note from Richard Webb's article in Australia's Permaculture Research Institute Vetiver grows with the land, and so appeals to those who actually use the land,… | erosion |
| Land rehabilitation with the Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2011-11 | Two interesting presentations from ICV5 demonstrated the important ability of vetiver for the rehabilitation of badly degraded land in India. | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Land Restoration with the Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2017-12 | If you are interested in land restoration, this video from Ecuador, by a man who knows what he is talking about, is highly recommended | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Look back of 40 years of Vetiver application in Fiji (Vetiver) | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2011-11 | As we move forward we often forget the past. | agriculture, climate change, erosion |
| MANAGEMENT OF VETIVER HEDGES. (note by John Greenfield) | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2015-06 | Vetiver hedges in cooler climates can be challenged by fast growing local species of grass and broad leaved climbers, to the extent that the hedge succumbs to the… | agriculture, erosion, management, plant |
| More on Vetiver and Forestry | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-04 | There is an old pineapple plantation in Thailand that was abandoned and completely denuded. | disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| More on Vetiver and Soil and Water Conservation | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2013-08 | Francis Shaxson, a well know British soil conservationist, once said that one needed a process of "stealth" to get small farmers to use soil conservation practices. | agriculture, climate change, erosion |
| Niue and Puka Puka Islands | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2007-03 | I am glad you guys are starting to take an interest in the little ocean Islands; I have been pushing for more work in these areas for years now, here is an extract copy… | agriculture, energy, erosion |
| On farm management of Vetiver grass hedgerows | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2019-02 | p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px… | agriculture, erosion, management |
| On Farm Soil Loss and Rainfall Runoff During Major Rainfall Events | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2019-02 | One of the consequences of climate change is that rainfall events are often less frequent and more intense. | agriculture, climate change, erosion, water |
| Pacific Islands - Hawaii | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2007-03 | I was recently (February 2007) visiting Hawaii. | erosion |
| Pacific Islands - Vanuatu | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2007-03 | From Don Miller: This image (August 2006) are vetiver hedges and associated indigenous shrubs planted in Vanuatu in 2000, not long before before the erosion control… | erosion |
| Pacific Islands and Vetiver: Fiji | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2007-03 | From the Google Earth images, it is sad to see areas that were once protected by vetiver hedges in Fiji, now devoid of a lot of those hedges. | agriculture, erosion |
| Pacific Islands, Vetiver Grass on | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2007-03 | Elsewhere on this Blog is a report on vetiver grass ultilzation in Fiji. | erosion |
| Paradise Renewed – How Vetiver System can help transform abandoned land into productive renewal | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-05 | Top left: 1995; Top Right: planting vetiver; Middle left: 2000: Vetiver hedgerows follow contour; Bottom right: 2009 Paradise!; Bottom left: Vetiver protecting… | agriculture, erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Protect coral reefs from erosion sediment by using Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2008-09 | I have written on many occasions of the need to use the Vetiver System to rehabilitate eroding land and thus stop eroded sediment being moved down stream to coastal… | erosion, water |
| Random observations (Vetiver) | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2020-01 | Without soil and water there will be no photosynthesis and no life on this planet. | agriculture, climate change, erosion, forage, plant, slope stabilization |
| Role of Hedgerows in Agriculture | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2019-10 | Woody hedgerows have played a vital role in English agriculture for centuries. | agriculture, climate change, erosion |
| Small Tropical Islands, Vetiver Grass Technology for | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2021-09 | Currently there are a number of initiatives using various vetiver applications, especially for soil conservation, pollution control, and slope stabilization. | agriculture, climate change, community, erosion, handicrafts, health |
| Soil Erosion - A Hidden Catastrophe not far away! | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2014-04 | Erosion in Uganda David Pimentel and Michael Burgess (both of Cornell University) have published a paper " Soil Erosion Threatens Food Production " that everybody who… | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion |
| Soil Erosion and the Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-12 | These photos are from Cuba showing in the top image agricultural lands protected by vetiver, and the lower image comparing a hedge (left)and after 10 years (right) the… | agriculture, erosion |
| Soil Erosion pollutes coastal waters around the island of Molokai - Hawai | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2011-01 | The GoogleEarth image (2007) above is of part of the Molokai (Hawaii) coast some 6 km west of Kaunakakai. | agriculture, erosion, water |
| Soil Moisture Conservation and the Vetiver System | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2014-08 | Although there are many other applications, Vetiver's most important use is for soil and water conservation , and the need to use Vetiver for this purpose is growing… | agriculture, climate change, erosion, water |
| This is All That It Takes! | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2014-04 | John Greenfield has asked us to share his note " Poverty Alleviation Using the Vetiver System in Tropical Developing Countries ". | agriculture, climate change, erosion, water |
| Trees Do Not Stop Erosion... Vetiver Does | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2010-04 | Billions of dollars and billons of hours of labor have gone into reforestation in poor countries - most has been wasted and the results are very limited. | disaster mitigation, erosion |
| Tuscany (Italy) Vineyard, Application of the Vetiver System in a | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2014-01 | Newly planted vetiver in vinyard Andrea and Valentina Rossi have been using vetiver to protect their Tuscany vineyard located in Massa Carrara (approx. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Vital Importance of Soil and Water Conservation In the Tropics | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2007-05 | Famines in Ethiopia, Sudan and Rwanda. | agriculture, erosion |
| Wake Up, Get Practical, Use the Vetiver System Before Its Too Late | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2009-01 | I have just received an email from Yoann Coppin of Madagascar, part of which I reproduce below. | agriculture, erosion |
| Why I said: Haiti - Vetiver the only solution | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2008-12 | Why I said: Haiti - Vetiver the only solution Hello my name is Mike Mahowald, Thanks for all the interest in Haiti and welcoming me to your group! | agriculture, erosion |
| Zimbabwe: Vetiver Hedgerows for Soil and Water Conservation | Erosion and soil and water conservation | 2011-04 | The photo (by John Champagne of NSW, Australia) shows one of many vetiver hedgerows in the village of Chikukwa, Zimbabwe where a community of some 8000 people are… | agriculture, erosion |
| Books on the Vetiver System – Forward Notice | Guides, standards and publications | 2010-10 | Just to let you know that by the end of November we will have three new Vetiver System books available: (1) Vetiver System Applications - Technical Reference Manual -… | Network News |
| Farmer Handbook for Haiti on the Vetiver System (French) | Guides, standards and publications | 2010-11 | A modified version of "Vetiver Grass - A Hedge Against Erosion" by John Greenfield has been prepared by the WINNER project staff in Haiti. | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Installation Guide for Vetiver in Hawaii | Guides, standards and publications | 2013-04 | A very nice and informative Guide prepared by Prepared by Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council in cooperation with USDA Natural Resource Conservation… | agriculture, plant, slope stabilization |
| Knol Collection on the Vetiver System | Guides, standards and publications | 2009-07 | Google's introduction of Knols - A Knol is a unit of information - provides another outlet for presenting information about Vetiver to the world. | Network News |
| New and useful power point (Vetiver) | Guides, standards and publications | 2008-12 | I have added some new power points on Esnips They comprise selected power points from previous vetiver conferences. | Network News |
| Newsletters of the Vetiver Network (1991–2002) | Guides, standards and publications | 2013-12 | I suspect that most vetiver users have never looked at the 20 newsletters that we published (snail mail) back in the 1990s. | Network News |
| Pamphlets on the Vetiver System | Guides, standards and publications | 2013-01 | A primary objective of TVNI is to encourage the sharing of Vetiver Systems information. | agriculture, erosion, Network News, plant |
| Technical Manual – French Edition: Vetiver System Applications | Guides, standards and publications | 2009-06 | The French Edition of this popular manual has been published. | Network News |
| Technical Reference Manual – Brazilian Edition: Vetiver System Applications | Guides, standards and publications | 2010-06 | Hello Brazil!!! | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Technical Reference Manual – Spanish Edition: Vetiver System Applications | Guides, standards and publications | 2009-12 | This manual is completed. | erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Technical Reference Manual – Swahili Edition: Vetiver System Applications | Guides, standards and publications | 2009-02 | We have published Vetiver System Application. | Network News |
| - Technical Reference Manual, Vetiver System application: INDONESIAN EDITION - NEW | Guides, standards and publications | 2011-10 | This manual, with Indonesian text , has the original five parts of the English Edition, plus a sixth part, by David Booth, that focuses on applications in Indonesia. | Network News |
| Technical Reference Manual: Vetiver System Applications (2007) | Guides, standards and publications | 2007-10 | TVNI announces the web publishing of a new manual in English, authored by Paul Truong, Tran Tan Van and Elise Pinners. | Network News |
| Technical Reference Manual: Vetiver Systems Applications (2008) | Guides, standards and publications | 2008-01 | People are always asking me for an updated manual on Vetiver Systems Applications. | Network News |
| Training Power Point in French (Vetiver) | Guides, standards and publications | 2011-02 | We keep hearing about high food prices, food supply not meeting demand, and the potential food production problems relating to climate change. | agriculture, erosion, water |
| Videos in Spanish on the Vetiver System – an Old but Useful Collection | Guides, standards and publications | 2014-02 | Jim Smyle sent me the links to some very useful short videos about vetiver that he made following Hurricane MITCH (1998). | agriculture, disaster mitigation, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| 1st Philippine Conference on Vetiver, March 5-7, 2014 at the Grand Ballroom of the Intercontinental Manila. -- the Vetiver System and Its Many Environmental Applications | Network news and events | 2014-01 | International experts from The Vetiver Network International (TVNI) led by Dr. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, pollution, slope stabilization, water |
| 2008 – An annual report (of sorts!) on the Vetiver System | Network news and events | 2008-12 | Greetings my fellow Vetervites! | Network News |
| 6th International Vetiver Conference – May 5-8 2015 | Network news and events | 2015-01 | The 6 th International Vetiver Conference – May 5-8 2015 . | climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, Network News, water |
| Awards 2009, Vetiver System | Network news and events | 2008-12 | During the year TVNI announced the following prizes: A. | Network News |
| Awards for 2011 – Call for Nominations | Network news and events | 2011-03 | THE KING OF THAILAND AWARDS On the occasion of the Fifth International Conference on Vetiver (ICV-5), which will be held in Lucknow, India, between 29-31 October 2011,… | Network News |
| Certificates of Technical Excellence (Vetiver) | Network news and events | 2011-03 | Vetiver planting on steep slope by Vetiver Systems LTDA TVNI has awarded 78 certificates of technical excellence over the past few years. | Network News, slope stabilization |
| Certification, Vetiver System | Network news and events | 2011-04 | This is a good of the proof required for Vetiver System Technical Certification - in this case Class 2 was awarded - plant propagation and slope stabilization. | Network News |
| End of Year Thoughts | Network news and events | 2009-12 | When I carry out Google searches on Vetiver associated topics it is amazing how many people refer to vetiver in their blogs. | Network News |
| Father of Vetiver – John Greenfield | Network news and events | 2017-02 | "The Father of Vetiver", John Greenfield died at his home in New Zealand on February 25 2017. | agriculture, climate change, erosion, forage, management, Network News, pollution, slope stabilization |
| Feedback Required (Vetiver) | Network news and events | 2008-11 | There are a lot of users of the TVNI website, blogsite, discussion board and this discussion group who are using VS but do not for one reason or other provide feedback. | Network News |
| Fifth International Conference on Vetiver - ICV5 | Network news and events | 2011-03 | Chinese vetiver workshop - Liyu Xu Conferences should be about learning, discussing and meeting interesting people. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, energy, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Fifth International Conference on Vetiver (ICV-5). Vetiver and Climate Change | Network news and events | 2010-05 | The first announcement for this conference has been made. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT !!! - Norman Borlaug - Nobel Laureate | Network news and events | 2009-10 | I see that the last blog that I posted was in July, the summer has flown by and today is October Ist. | Network News |
| Fourth International Conference on Vetiver (ICV4 | Network news and events | 2006-12 | In October 2006 ICV4 was hosted by Fundacion Polar in Caracas, Venezuela. | Network News |
| Greetings for 2014 – What Happened in 2013? | Network news and events | 2013-12 | "Young Robo" of Papua New Guinea, in front of his father's Vetiver nursery. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, Network News, slope stabilization, water |
| Importance of volunteers to the Vetiver System | Network news and events | 2011-01 | Environmental Volunteer, Laurel Sellers, introduces the Vetiver System in rural Morocco ……. | Network News |
| In their own words (Vetiver) | Network news and events | 2008-10 | Back in 1996 The Vetiver Network made a grant to Munchen fur Munchen (a German NGO working in Mettu, western Ethiopia, to support and expand its vetiver based soil… | agriculture, Network News, slope stabilization |
| India: Vetiver Systems and a New “Old” Newsletter | Network news and events | 2009-04 | I am always saddened that India, the home of the Vetiver plant, has found it difficult to readily use this plant. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Information about the Vetiver System. Easy access to information | Network news and events | 2013-05 | When reading posts and responses on the Vetiver Grass FaceBook page and from emails that we receive, I have a strong feeling that some of our member/users are not taking… | Network News |
| Interesting Reading for the New Year (2015) | Network news and events | 2015-01 | Central Arizona - Where has all the soil gone? | agriculture, Network News, slope stabilization, wastewater |
| International Vetiver Conference 2011 (ICV5) - Vetiver and Climate Change | Network news and events | 2011-11 | The Fifth International Vetiver Conference (ICV5) has now completed in Lucknow, India. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| International Vetiver Grass Tracking (IVGT) System. !!! Now Operational !!! - New | Network news and events | 2018-10 | Dr. | Network News |
| Ist International Webinar on Vetiver Grass Technology 2021 | Network news and events | 2021-09 | Central Bicol State University of Agriculture of the Philippines is holding a webinar on Vetiver Grass Technology on September 28th 2021. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, pollution, slope stabilization, wastewater |
| Ist Latin American Vetiver Conference - A green hope | Network news and events | 2010-04 | Carolina Rivas Berrios is the coordinator for the Latin America Vetiver Network and the editor of the blog - Vetiver Latina. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| King of Thailand Vetiver Award - 2011 | Network news and events | 2010-11 | Ever since the first International Vetiver Conference (1966) His Majesty the King of Thailand has awarded $10,000 for outstanding vetiver research and development. | Network News |
| Latest additions to TVNI website | Network news and events | 2012-05 | Stato della ricerca e applicazioni del Sistema Vetiver PowerPoint (pdf) Paul Truong* and Marco Forti** *Director, The Vetiver Network International and Veticon… | Network News |
| Morocco - Vetiver Systems Conference/Workshops | Network news and events | 2006-12 | CONFERENCE SUMMARY Application of the Vetiver System for Environmental Protection: Prevention and Treatment of Contaminated Soil and Water. | erosion, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| National Workshop on the Vetiver System for Soil and Water Conservation, Environmental Protection and Land rehabilitation in Ethiopia | Network news and events | 2009-03 | We have just completed in conjunction with the Sustainable Land Use Forum and SIDA a very good Vetiver System Workshop in Addis Ababa that included a field visit to… | erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Network Grows!! The Vetiver System | Network news and events | 2010-11 | You might be interested in these graphs based on Google Analytics data showing TVNI website visits from USA, Brazil and India over the past five years compared to total… | Network News |
| New Postings on TVNI website | Network news and events | 2013-02 | VETIVER SYSTEM APPLICATION IN THE USA AND MEXICO Presentation by Paul Truong* and Brad Granley** *TVNI Coordinator Asia and Oceania ** Leggette, Brashears & Graham Inc.,… | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, energy, Network News, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| New Vetiver System Blog from Venezuela | Network news and events | 2009-10 | There is a nice initiative by Sr. | Network News |
| News from China | Network news and events | 2016-01 | The second year of a new project: ”Vetiver and agroforestry for poverty reduction and natural resource protection in the Dabie mountains of China”, supported by Germany,… | agriculture, erosion, Network News |
| Norman Borlaug - Nobel Prize Winner for Peace | Network news and events | 2010-10 | I have written about Noel Vietmeyer's biography of Norman Baulog before. | Network News |
| Notice | Network news and events | 2021-12 | AS OF DECEMBER 2 2021 THIS BLOG IS CONTINUED ON News and Opinion - The Vetiver Network International | |
| Paul Truong - Global Vetiver Champion - 2015 | Network news and events | 2015-05 | Paul Truong of Australia receives (left) Global Vetiver Champion Award from TVNI's Patron, Her Royal Highness Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for, for 25 years service to the… | Network News |
| Power of the Internet- Set Up a Vetiver Blog | Network news and events | 2008-11 | The Internet is such a powerful tool that US President Elect Barack Obama owes his election to it. | Network News |
| Promoting the Vetiver System with Video | Network news and events | 2014-01 | How often do you check out vetiver videos on YouTube? | climate change, Network News, plant |
| Regional Vetiver Conference - Chile - Proceedings | Network news and events | 2010-11 | The Proceedings of the Regional Vetiver Conference that was held in Chile in October 2010 have been added to our Google Docs site and can be read and downloaded The… | Network News |
| Seasons Greetings | Network news and events | 2010-12 | I send you seasons greetings and wish you all a prosperous, productive and happy 2011. | Network News |
| Second Latin America International Conference on Vetiver System (laicvs2) - First Announcement | Network news and events | 2013-04 | SECOND LATIN AMERICA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VETIVER SYSTEM (LAICVS2) 3 to 5 October 2013 “Vetiver System: Green Consciousness for Sustainable Development”… | Network News |
| Sharing Vetiver Projects on iNaturalist -- NEW PROJECT | Network news and events | 2021-01 | Goals of The Vetiver Network International (TVNI) include creating a worldwide community of vetiver enthusiasts, raising awareness about the many benefits, and tracking… | climate change, plant |
| Summer time!! | Network news and events | 2010-08 | I am afraid that I haven't been very active in the last few weeks. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| Technical Certification | Network news and events | 2013-04 | Over the past 18 months the following have received certification for technical excellence in one or more areas relating to the Vetiver System and its application:… | Network News |
| Top Rated Great Non Profit Award - 2013 Campaign | Network news and events | 2013-04 | In 2012 TVNI fell into the top 1% of reviewed Non Profits. | Network News |
| TVNI Annual Vetiver System Awards | Network news and events | 2009-01 | As promised we have now selected the winners of this years awards. | Network News |
| Use of TVNI website increases by 173% | Network news and events | 2011-11 | I have been analyzing TVNI Google Analytics data for our two key Internet sites. | Network News |
| Vietnam Vetiver Conference - Danang - January 2012 | Network news and events | 2012-03 | A Vetiver Conference was organized at Danang, Vietnam in January 2012. | disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Web Sites on Vetiver for Africa | Network news and events | 2013-01 | It is really good to see the expansion of the Vetiver System in Africa. | agriculture, Network News, slope stabilization, water |
| Applications of Vetiver Grass Technology | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2017-12 | Vetiver Grass is an absolute unique plant for many reasons, but its most impressive characteristics are that it can be grown successfully in virtually every country with… | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, energy, erosion, forage, management, plant, pollution, railways, slope stabilization, urban |
| Bolivia Vetiver Network | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2012-02 | Joaquin Boehnert is a director of the Vetiver Network International living in South America. | Network News |
| Brazil and the Vetiver System | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2009-07 | TVNI is stepping up its efforts to see an expansion of the Vetiver System in Brazil - where there is a huge potential for its use over a wide range of applications. | Network News |
| Brazilian school has a vetiver program! | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2013-04 | 0 0 1 166 948 The Vetiver Network (International) 7 2 1112 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-AU JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable… | Network News |
| Conservation Marketing | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2014-04 | For a number of years we have seen an increasing number of small farmers selling vetiver planting as a commodity to other farmers, construction companies, local… | agriculture, climate change, erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Correct Application of the Vetiver System Is a Must | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2008-11 | I received an email from Yoann Copin in Madagascar who is working with a large mining operation. | erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Default Technology - Some Perspectives (Vetiver) | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2008-11 | Magic grass, silver bullet, wonder grass, miracle grass – these are all adjectives that other people have ascribed to Vetiver grass. | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Ethiopia, Vetiver System Developments in | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2011-03 | Ethiopia is the leader in applying the Vetiver System in Ethiopia. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Farmer to Farmer Technology Transfer | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2011-04 | Why do farmers sometimes accept a new technology during the implementation of a development project and then dispense with it after the project is completed. | agriculture, erosion |
| Haiti Again! | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2011-01 | A quick note from Criss Juliard: "As the WINNER project has a substantial budget, its emphasis on using Vetiver has spawned a “copy” by other projects, donors and NGOs. | agriculture, energy, erosion, slope stabilization |
| India and the Vetiver System – It Takes a Generation! | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2016-05 | A recent quote from a senior official in West Bengal India: "Soil erosion is one of the largest environmental issues facing the earth today; and the river banks region… | agriculture, climate change, erosion, Network News, pollution, slope stabilization, wastewater |
| Indonesia, Vetiver Achievements and Projects Throughout – Class 1 Technical Certification | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2011-04 | There are a lot of users and "installers" of the Vetiver System that could and should be technically certified if they could find the time to apply! | agriculture, erosion, plant, water |
| Indonesian environmental volunteers embrace the Vetiver System | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2014-09 | President Jokowi's Head Advisor, Ret.Gen. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, health, Network News, slope stabilization, urban, wastewater, water |
| Iranian Association for the Promotion of Vetiver | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2012-10 | We have heard occasionally from Iranians who have been working with vetiver - must go back at least 10 years. | agriculture, climate change, Network News, slope stabilization, water |
| Italy, Vetiver in | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2013-01 | I have recently heard from Marco Forti, coordinator for the Italian Vetiver Network. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, energy, erosion, Network News, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| Kenya, Vetiver System Progress in | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2013-04 | Typical landslide in Kerio Valley In March 2009 we held a one day Vetiver workshop in Kenya, followed by another in Ethiopia. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, Network News, slope stabilization, water |
| Madagascar - Vetiver System Promotion | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2009-07 | Yoann Coppin is a young Frenchman living in Madagascar who is committed to the commercial promotion of the Vetiver System. | slope stabilization |
| Madagascar, Vetiver System in | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2008-12 | Coppin Yoann of Madagascar, a private sector entrepreneur, has just set up a new Picassa album - Vetiver System Madagascar - showing some of his work. | Network News |
| New info on Vetiver Network Website | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2011-12 | Vetiver System Posters Courtesy of Paul Truong - these posters can be downloaded and printed (high resolution) Selection of photos showing the treatment of Lavakas… | Network News |
| New Network Aprroved for Spain | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2015-01 | TVNI has agreed that José Luis Cortés Cortés be the Network Coordinator for the Vetiver Network Spain. | Network News |
| News from India | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2010-09 | My friends Surinder and Valerie Hara farm 100 ha of high yielding poplars alongside the Yumuna Canal in Haryana. | agriculture, disaster mitigation, slope stabilization, water |
| North Africa and the Mediterranean, Vetiver Activities in | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2007-06 | The Vetiver Network International has four directors responsible for activities in different regions of the world. | agriculture, erosion, water |
| Obstacles to the Application of Vetiver Grass Technology (VGT) | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2019-12 | We have been promoting the modern concept of VGT since 1986, nearly 34 years, and even though most of the evidence from research trials and the field show that VGT in… | |
| Overview of the Vetiver System (2006) | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2006-12 | The “Vetiver System” depends on the multi-purpose use and application of a very unique grass, vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides), which is a non invasive species… | Network News, plant |
| Plant for all People - The Latin American Experience (Vetiver) | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2013-10 | Latin American Vetiver Conference - Medellin, Colombia - Oct 3-5 2013 The spirit of the Vetiver System (VS) and those who use it, and of this particular conference, can… | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, energy, erosion, Network News, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| Progress in Haiti - Vetiver System Development and Plant Suppliers | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2011-04 | Progress in Haiti is always exciting especially when the Vetiver System is expanding in area and application. | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Senegal, Vetiver System in: Issues and problems | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2010-11 | Here is an important note from Tony Cisse in Senegal. | agriculture, slope stabilization |
| Six Important Lessons (Vetiver) | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2009-11 | You will recall that in a recent Blog headed Fight, Fight, Fight I referred to the death of Nobel Peace Laureate Norman Borlaug. | Network News |
| South Africa Vetiver Network | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2013-01 | Back in the 1990s a network was established in SouthAfrica under the National Resources Institute, part of the University of Natal located at Pietermaritzburg, Kwa Zulu… | agriculture, erosion, Network News, slope stabilization, water |
| Summary (Vetiver) | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2006-12 | The Vetiver System The Vetiver System (VS) is dependent on the use of a very unique tropical plant, Vetiver grass – Vetiveria zizanioiodes. | erosion, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| Tales from Madagascar | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2008-01 | It is always good to start the new year with some good news about vetiver. | agriculture, Network News, plant |
| TVNI Policy Statement on Vetiver Varieties and Use | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2017-09 | TVNI is aware that a number of varieties of vetiver grass are being used for various purposes of land management and conservation, and at times this may cause confusion… | invasiveness, Network News, plant |
| Unique and Wide Ranging System of Environmental Improvement (Vetiver) | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2006-12 | I have been asked to write a regular feature on different and aspects of the Vetiver System for the use of vetiver grass as a bio-engineering tool. | Network News |
| We Cannot Wait Forever! | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2008-11 | When I first started my professional career as a conservationist and agriculturist in Zambia in the early 1960's soil erosion was a major problem. | agriculture, erosion, slope stabilization |
| What does the Vetiver System do? | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2009-02 | Every now and then we need to remind ourselves what the Vetiver System will do: A: RESOURCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION Reduce soil loss by up to 90% and rainfall… | agriculture, disaster mitigation, slope stabilization, water |
| Why are not more people using the Vetiver System technology | Policy, upscaling and dissemination | 2008-12 | The Vetiver System has come a long way over the past 20 years and there are a lot of users applying the technology for different purposes. | Network News |
| AUSTRALIA: Vetiver System for treating waste water from sewage facilities and effluent from landfills | Pollution and wastewater | 2013-06 | If you haven't yet used vetiver for treating contaminated water this may help to convince you. | pollution, wastewater, water |
| Building Community Resilience - Managing Polluted Water (Vetiver) | Pollution and wastewater | 2015-06 | Some of the 100 volunteers A major TVNI objective is to give, through VS, the ability for communities to build resilience to climate change and associated problems… | climate change, disaster mitigation, health, pollution, water |
| Composting Toilets for Haiti | Pollution and wastewater | 2010-08 | From Mike Mahowald: I am trying to establish the best compostable toilets and how to use them for my networking website that I hope many small groups will use in small… | water |
| Effective, Simple and Low Cost Method of Treating Contaminated Water to Control Diseases Using Vetiver Phytoremediation Technology | Pollution and wastewater | 2014-02 | There are many occasions when we see, particularly in poorer countries, the impact on health due to untreated waste water, especially that associated with homes,… | climate change, pollution, water |
| Effluent crisis in densely populated countries – one possible solution – Vetiver System | Pollution and wastewater | 2017-04 | Vetiver constructed wetland still working after 12 years Each time I open up Google Earth and look at various locations in India I see densely populated rural and urban… | agriculture, disaster mitigation, health, pollution, urban, wastewater, water |
| Evaluation of Nutrient Trapping by Vetiver Grass | Pollution and wastewater | 2012-09 | A book by Abdisa Gesesse Wayuma of Ethiopia describes the value of vetiver grass for soil and water conservation in a soil-eroded area at Anno Agro Industry Farm at the… | agriculture, erosion, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| Gulf Oil Clean Up and Protection: Has the Vetiver System a Role? | Pollution and wastewater | 2010-06 | This image is of vetiver growing on land adjacent to Trinity Bay, near Galveston, Texas. | disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Haiti -- Vetiver Latrine update by Roger Gietzen | Pollution and wastewater | 2021-01 | In 2016 while doing community development work in a rural farming region in Haiti, I became aware of the serious sanitation problem. | health |
| Heavy Metals and the Vetiver System | Pollution and wastewater | 2007-03 | I n response to a query about the dispersal and uptake of heavy metals in vetiver grass, Paul Truong responds as follows: "Almost all of the heavy metals absorbed by… | water |
| Its Application For Treatment Of Sewage Effluent, Vetiver System and | Pollution and wastewater | 2006-12 | I participate in a number of Internet discussion groups. | water |
| Latrine, The Vetiver | Pollution and wastewater | 2019-05 | THE VETIVER LATRINE from Roger Gietzen (see: for details of vetiver latrine design and its construction) "It's now been three years since I started installing vetiver… | disaster mitigation, health, pollution |
| Latrines in Haiti: Vetiver Protects Them and Provides a Privacy Hedge | Pollution and wastewater | 2015-06 | Millions of dollars are being spent on improving public sanitation. | health, water |
| New Small Scale Waste Water Treatment Model using Vetiver System | Pollution and wastewater | 2013-10 | Paul and Nicholas Truong of Veticon, Australia have come up with a relatively simple and fully tested model for calculating the number of vetiver plants required for… | plant, pollution, wastewater, water |
| Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals and Organic Wastes: Vetiver Grass a Choice Plant | Pollution and wastewater | 2011-11 | Luu Thai Danh et al (2009) explained why vetiver can perform such an outstanding phytoremedial task : "Both glasshouse and field studies showed that Vetiver grass can… | plant, water |
| Pollution Control and the Vetiver System – The Vetiver Bio-Lung | Pollution and wastewater | 2010-04 | This image shows how you might view vetiver as a "lung" or "gill" when grown on a pontoon on a effluent pond or a highly polluted body of water, or as the key plant in a… | disaster mitigation, water |
| Pollution of Planet Earth’s Food Supply Source | Pollution and wastewater | 2013-12 | Vetiver Phytoremediation Technology at work! | climate change, water |
| Prevention and Treatment of Contaminated Water and Land with the Vetiver System | Pollution and wastewater | 2015-12 | Coincident to the Climate Change meeting in Paris, TVNI has published the Second Edition of “The Vetiver System for Quality – Prevention and Treatment of Contaminated… | climate change, pollution, urban, wastewater |
| Recycling contaminated water for irrigation use using Vetiver Phytoremediation Technology (VPT) | Pollution and wastewater | 2014-02 | Sandra Ugalde of the University of Tarapaca is the leader for this project. | agriculture, pollution, water |
| Remediation of landfill leachate results in prestigious award | Pollution and wastewater | 2012-05 | Biloxi Mississippi. | water |
| Solution for Urban Waste Water Treatment (Vetiver) | Pollution and wastewater | 2014-04 | In most cities, towns, and villages in developing countries there is no connection to a public sewage/waste water treatment. | health, pollution, urban, wastewater, water |
| Students in Brazil treat waste water using VS | Pollution and wastewater | 2013-01 | This is the way to go!! | pollution, wastewater, water |
| Treating industrial waste water with Vetiver System | Pollution and wastewater | 2014-01 | Here is a nice example from Paul Truong of how vetiver can be used for industrial or agricultural waste water treatment using floating pontoons (best design yet) and by… | pollution, slope stabilization, wastewater, water |
| Use vetiver for cleaning up diesel and other oil contaminanted land | Pollution and wastewater | 2019-03 | Agronomic and economic evaluation of Vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides L.) as means for phytoremediation of diesel polluted soils in Israel (2018) Nativ Dudai et al… | disaster mitigation, pollution |
| Waste Water Clean-Up in Calfornia using the Vetiver System | Pollution and wastewater | 2010-03 | It is always exciting to see how Vetiver can be applied so successfully to resolve a problem, and its versatility in application. | water |
| Waste water treatment, bare rooted versus containerized plants, and recovery from frost | Pollution and wastewater | 2011-12 | Paul Truong sent me this interesting power point: BOONAH SEWAGE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT which was planned earlier in 2011 to use VS to treat sewage effluent. | plant, water |
| Wastewater Treatment at a Seafood Processing Factory in Vietnam | Pollution and wastewater | 2012-09 | Here is a very interesting paper by Luu Thai Danh, Le Thanh Phong, Le Viet Dung of the University of Can Tho, Can Tho City, Viet Nam ( email ) and Paul Truong - TVN… | agriculture, plant, water |
| Water Clean - Floating Vetiver Grown on Pontoons | Pollution and wastewater | 2008-12 | From time to time we get questions on floating vetiver on pontoons to remove nutrients from polluted ponds and lakes. | water |
| Water Pollution | Pollution and wastewater | 2010-02 | New York Times article of February 9 2010 "China Report Shows More Pollution in Waterways " The Chinese have carried out a detailed survey of pollution problems relating… | water |
| Watts Bridge Airfield, Queensland, Vetiver Waste Water treatment update | Pollution and wastewater | 2017-03 | Watts Bridge constructed Vetiver wetland Coordinates: -27.099224º 152.459996º This constructed wetland has been operating since 2005 and is still working well. | pollution, wastewater |
| Application of Vetiver System for Control of River Erosion | Slopes and infrastructure | 2014-05 | We are lucky to have dedicated and committed engineers like Shantanoo Bhattacharyya Executive Engineer, of Assam's (India) Public Works Department who has been working… | climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Beach front protection in Brazil and the Vetiver System | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-12 | When Paul Truong was in Brazil he was given a mass of photos of DEFLOR's beach front protection at Bertioga. | erosion |
| Beach stabilization and protection | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-03 | The potential for using vetiver has been demonstrated in various parts of the tropics. | disaster mitigation, erosion, water |
| Bioengineering with Vetiver in Venezuela | Slopes and infrastructure | 2014-02 | Reviewing the papers and presentations delivered at the October 2013 Vetiver Conference in Colombia there is one on Bioengineering in tropical Venezuela that should be… | disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Bio-engineering Workshop Brazil April 24-25 2014 | Slopes and infrastructure | 2014-01 | Vetiver Workshop Brazil APRIL 24-25 2014. | Network News, slope stabilization, water |
| California, Vetiver System Applications in | Slopes and infrastructure | 2008-06 | For 11 years Doug Richardson has been quietly introducing the Vetiver System for slope stabilization and erosion control in southern California in the Santa Barbara area. | erosion, slope stabilization |
| Coastal defenses in Guyana | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-03 | It is interesting to see that the Government of Guyana after some prodding will look at the possibilities of using the Vetiver System for strengthening its coastal sea… | disaster mitigation, slope stabilization |
| Coastal Path in Vanuatu – Vetiver 100 Years Old | Slopes and infrastructure | 2011-12 | This photo from Don Miller shows 100 year old vetiver hedgerow (planted in 1912) that was planted along a coastal path. | erosion |
| Coastal Reef Protection - University of Guam: Bioengineering with Vetiver Grass | Slopes and infrastructure | 2011-04 | Pacific News Center - April 6th 2011 Guam - Mohammad Golabi, a soil science professor at the University of Guam, has put his years of research on vetiver grass to… | disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, water |
| Colombia and Haiti Slope Stabilization, Erosion Control, Vetiver Oil, and Briquetting | Slopes and infrastructure | 2011-02 | Colombia is renowned for its high quality arabica coffee. | disaster mitigation, energy, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Earth bags for buildings and termite resistance (Vetiver) | Slopes and infrastructure | 2011-03 | There is an interesting article and simple experiment on vetiver earth bags and termite resistance. | plant, slope stabilization |
| Erosion Control and Stabilizing Lavakas in Madagascar | Slopes and infrastructure | 2011-06 | A Lavaka! | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Establishing Native Vegetation for Soil Stabilization in Semi-Arid Areas in South Africa, Ethiopia and Madagascar | Slopes and infrastructure | 2014-01 | An excellent presentation by Roley Noffke of Hydromulch - Africa's leading land restoration company. | erosion, slope stabilization |
| Extreme Sites, Vetiver System on | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-06 | You will be interested in the Venezuela "V etiver Antierosion CA " website. | slope stabilization, water |
| Extreme Slope Stabilization with the Vetiver System: Part 1 | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-03 | There are situations where slopes are so steep, where rainfall is so intense, and where the soils are so fragile that applying the Vetiver System by itself will not work. | slope stabilization |
| Extreme Slope Stabilization with the Vetiver System: Part 2 | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-03 | Following part 1 above, here are two images of the Congo Brazzaville work 12 months after planting. | slope stabilization |
| Highway slope stabilization in Indonesia | Slopes and infrastructure | 2008-06 | A very convincing trial has been demonstrated on a 70º laterite highway batter slope near Bundung, Indonesia. | slope stabilization |
| IIT Kharagpur - Tata Steel, Joda East Mine, Erosion Prevention and Slope Stabilization (india) | Slopes and infrastructure | 2013-04 | In 2012 Paul Truong advised Prof Khanindra Pathak and Shantanoo Bhattacharyya on the revegetation of a pilot erosive slope on mine tailings of the Joda East Iron mine… | erosion, slope stabilization |
| India - The Konkan Railway runs on time due to the Vetiver System!! | Slopes and infrastructure | 2009-01 | This 11 year old railroad located in the mountainous "Western Ghats" of India runs according to schedule, even through the monsoons - rainfall as high as 4,000 mm - due… | slope stabilization |
| Infrastructure and Environmental Protection Workshop, Danang, Vietnam, January 2012: Vetiver System Applications | Slopes and infrastructure | 2011-12 | If any of you readers are in Vietnam or have colleagues working in Vietnam, this one day Vetiver Workshop in Danang on January 7th 2012 should be very good, and worth… | erosion, slope stabilization |
| Land Stabilization and Energy Production (Vetiver) | Slopes and infrastructure | 2006-12 | Late this summer two events are impressed on my mind – the series of catastrophic hurricanes that have severely damaged many Caribbean islands and some of the Gulf… | disaster mitigation |
| Madagascar - Vetiver System in Action | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-01 | Y oann Coppin has a Vetiver business in Madagascar. | slope stabilization, water |
| Maestro's Solution for using Vetiver for slip stabilization in Hong Kong | Slopes and infrastructure | 2013-04 | Dr.P.K.Yoon was a founding Board Director of The Vetver Network International. | disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Railway Embankment in China Stabilized with the Vetiver System – Feedback | Slopes and infrastructure | 2007-06 | With great effort, the Xinchang Railway Company located in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, became the first railway to form a Vetiver company. | slope stabilization |
| Railways, Chinese Construction Companies and the Vetiver System | Slopes and infrastructure | 2015-06 | Side slope of road cutting (height: 15-20 m) 2 years after vetiver grass planting The Vetiver System has been successfully applied to a number of important railroads in… | disaster mitigation, railways, slope stabilization |
| River Bank and Levee Dyke Stabilization with the Vetiver System | Slopes and infrastructure | 2009-04 | This blog is rather long. | plant, slope stabilization, water |
| River bank and levee stabilization with the Vetiver System | Slopes and infrastructure | 2011-05 | Protection of Dora bridge abutment, Assam, India using VS At this time of major flooding in the Mississippi River basin it is worthwhile to remind ourselves of the… | climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| River Bank and Slope Stabilization in Assam - A Success Story | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-06 | Three years ago Shantanoo Bhattacharyya, the coordinator for the Eastern India Vetiver Network, started demonstrating the application of the Vetiver System for river… | disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Rural Road Stabilization with the Vetiver System: Is there an adoption problem? | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-02 | The need for low cost rural roads that require minimal maintenance is critical for rural people. | slope stabilization |
| Shear Strength of Vetiver | Slopes and infrastructure | 2012-10 | Paul Truong, who is currently visiting the US sent us this note from Alabama. | climate change, disaster mitigation, slope stabilization |
| Slope Stabilization in Haiti with the Vetiver System | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-01 | I thought I would add some pictures to show how that road slopes could be fixed with vetiver using an example from the aftermath of the 1990 Lucon earthquake (7.8)… | slope stabilization |
| Stabilization of a 2000 km highway in Vietnam. The vital role of the Vetiver System | Slopes and infrastructure | 2014-05 | Recently Paul Truong revisited sections of the Ho Chi Minh Highway, Vietnam, that have been stabilized with Vetiver System applications. | climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Stabilizing and Regreening Gunnited Highway Cut Slopes in Hong Kong using Vetiver Grass | Slopes and infrastructure | 2012-12 | The pictorial records illustrate the works carried out in Hong Kong by Dr P. | slope stabilization |
| Stabilizing Bridge Abutments in Assam, India | Slopes and infrastructure | 2010-08 | Shantanoo Bhattacharyya continues to make progress with his vetiver stabilization work in Assam India. | disaster mitigation, slope stabilization, water |
| Stabilizing Congo Highway slopes with the Vetiver System | Slopes and infrastructure | 2012-04 | It is really good to see what can be done in the Africa with vetiver when it is applied correctly. | disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization |
| Use of geotextiles with Vetiver System for slope stabilization | Slopes and infrastructure | 2013-05 | Before and after - stabilizing slope with VS and geo-fabric (PC - Paul Truong) There are circumstances that warrant the use of geotextile matting in conjunction with the… | disaster mitigation, slope stabilization |
| Why Vetiver System is effective for steep slope stabilization - GEOTROPISM | Slopes and infrastructure | 2013-09 | Geotropism of vetiver (P.K.Yoon) Paul Truong, Technical Director of TVNI brings us this amazing photo gallery of VS demonstrating extreme slope stabilization from… | climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Why, Why, Why?? | Slopes and infrastructure | 2015-07 | WHY, WHY, WHY, don't those responsible for public works protection and maintenance use the VETIVER SYTEM ? | climate change, disaster mitigation, slope stabilization, water |
| Arid Areas, Vetiver System in | The plant, planting and research | 2010-11 | "Monument de la Renaissance Africaine " Close up of vetiver on monument site Slope stabilization at Sococim site I would like to draw your attention to Tony Cisse's work… | agriculture, erosion, Network News, slope stabilization |
| Banks of Vetiver Set Up in Thailand | The plant, planting and research | 2008-11 | From the Pacific Rim's Vetiver Network's Newsletter #46 October 2008 Several agriculture-related, non-conventional Banks have been set up in Thailand, e.g. | Network News, plant |
| Black Vetiver - Chrysopogon nigritanus | The plant, planting and research | 2019-04 | p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px… | agriculture, climate change, erosion, forage, invasiveness, slope stabilization, wastewater |
| Cold Tolerance and Vetiver | The plant, planting and research | 2015-08 | Matthew Huffine's Vetiver in Winter Mohave Desert, California Paul Truong, TVNI's Technical Director has updated information relating to the tolerance of vetiver to cold. | climate change, management, wastewater, water |
| Dry and Wet Climates, Vetiver System under – Share Your Experiences | The plant, planting and research | 2010-04 | There are two Picassa gallery sites that I follow quite closely. | agriculture, slope stabilization, water |
| Fire and the Vetiver System | The plant, planting and research | 2008-12 | The recent fires in California remind us of the devastation caused to property and to the local ecology. | erosion, plant |
| Is vetiver grass planted in China an invasive alien species and becoming a weed? | The plant, planting and research | 2015-08 | We are often asked questions relating to whether vetiver is an invasive plant. | invasiveness |
| Managing Vetiver in cool climates | The plant, planting and research | 2008-09 | Growing vetiver hedges in temperate climates presents some different and even difficult problems from the wet tropics. | agriculture |
| Native plants in California and Vetiver | The plant, planting and research | 2011-10 | Photo credit - Doug Richardson Doug Richardson (a landscaper who uses vetiver and native plants in landscape design) planted the slope in the photo above at the Santa… | erosion |
| Pacific Islands, Vetiver Grass for the | The plant, planting and research | 2007-03 | Recently I learned that the Pacific Island Ecosystem at Risk (PIER, had listed Vetiver Grass Chrysopogon zizaniodes (a.k.a Vetiveria zizanioides) as an invasive species. | plant |
| Root Cause | The plant, planting and research | 2013-01 | Courtesy The Hindu Shantanoo Bhattacharyya who lives an Assam, India has done some excellent work with the Vetiver System for river bank, highway, and general slope… | climate change, disaster mitigation, slope stabilization |
| Root of Vetiver – What Does It Look Like in Brazil? | The plant, planting and research | 2009-11 | Every now and then something comes up to remind us what an interesting and wonderful plant Vetiver is. | plant |
| Roots of Vetiver | The plant, planting and research | 2013-04 | These photos of vetiver roots are from Charlie Pate, Alabama, USA. | plant |
| Strips of Vetiver, 1 Meter Long, Can Replace Individual Planting Slips | The plant, planting and research | 2012-12 | Vetiver strip planting is popular on some sites. | agriculture, erosion, plant, slope stabilization |
| Unique Roots (Vetiver) | The plant, planting and research | 2007-04 | Paul Truong TVNI, Brisbane, Australia Most grasses have fibrous roots, which spread out from the underground part of the culm and hold the soil in a horizontal pattern. | plant |
| USDA/NRCS Endorsement | The plant, planting and research | 2009-07 | Robert Jo y the Species Coordinator at USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center, Hoolehua, Hawaii has worked with Vetiver for a good many years and has produced a Plant Guide "… | plant |
| Use Vetiver System in semi-arid and arid climates | The plant, planting and research | 2013-12 | Canal bank stabilization and protection in Iran Every now and then one gets a very happy surprise. | climate change, disaster mitigation, plant, slope stabilization, water |
| Vernacular Names of Vetiver | The plant, planting and research | 2012-03 | Often people get confused over the vernacular names of vetiver. | plant |
| Why does vetiver grass survive water logging? | The plant, planting and research | 2014-01 | Root cross section showing large aerenchyma. | climate change, plant, water |
| Why is Sunshine Vetiver Sterile? | The plant, planting and research | 2015-03 | I am often asked why Sunshine Vetiver ( Chrysopogon zizanioides - south Indian variety) and other similar vetiver cultivars are sterile? | plant |
| Fishponds and the Vetiver System | Water and hydrology | 2007-04 | We have good feedback from Vietnam that Vetiver Grass will clean up fish ponds. | agriculture, water |
| Flood control, groundwater recharge and erosion control. The Vetiver System can mitigate all three at the same time | Water and hydrology | 2014-01 | Storm hydrograph affected by different barriers. | agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, slope stabilization, water |
| Ground Water Recharge with the Vetiver System: India | Water and hydrology | 2008-03 | During the Cochin Workshop someone (was it DV Sridharan?) told me how vetiver hedgerows were improving ground water to the extent that his farm pond was now being… | water |
| Groundwater Recharge with Vetiver Systems: How Does It Work? | Water and hydrology | 2009-04 | As has been confirmed in Ethiopia the Vetiver System has a great capacity to recharge groundwater – how does this work? | erosion, water |
| House foundation protection (Vetiver) | Water and hydrology | 2009-12 | A question from Paulo Rogerio in Brazil - Can Vetiver if planted around the foundations of a house that suffers from serious damp problems be used to help dry the… | water |
| How making food safe can harm wildlife and water | Water and hydrology | 2012-04 | How making food safe can harm wildlife and water - A broadcast by NPR relating to the Salinas Valley California and its problems brings to mind that Vetiver hedgerows… | agriculture, disaster mitigation, water |
| Irrigation Systems: Structured versus On-demand System Design | Water and hydrology | 2009-02 | In case some of you think that all I am interested in is Vetiver, then you are wrong!! | water |
| Lake Naivasha - Kenya - A Lake in Trouble | Water and hydrology | 2009-12 | Kenya's Lake Naivasha is located in the Great Rift Valley some 60 miles north west of Nairobi. | erosion, water |
| Rafts of Vetiver – Philippines | Water and hydrology | 2013-01 | Mary Noah Manarang from the Philippines is owner and manager of Vetiver Solutions - Philippines. | water |
| Rain Gardens with Vetiver | Water and hydrology | 2013-10 | Rain gardens are becoming popular ways of biofiltering polluted rainfall runoff from gardens, community sites and so on. | plant, water |
| Restoring Our Watershed | Water and hydrology | 2017-09 | Restoring Our Watershed is an organization in Costa Rica that is working with Communities to restore the degraded land and groundwater in northwest Costa Rica. | agriculture, climate change, erosion, water |
| Water Scarcity - Vetiver should be part of the Solution | Water and hydrology | 2010-09 | Richard Black, BBC's environmental correspondent, writes: "About 80% of the world's population lives in areas where the fresh water supply is not secure, according to a… | disaster mitigation, erosion, water |