Agarwood Plantation at BRAC Tea Estate - BRAC Research and ...

produce agarwood (e.g. in Indonesia, Vietnam). In general, such efforts do not yet appear tohave succeeded in producing agarwood in commercial quantities sufficient to offset demand forwild stock. However, agarwood is being produced by A. malaccensis plantations in India and aprogramme to induce agarwood production in cultivated Aquilaria trees in Vietnam is reportedto have succeeded on an experimental basis.Action is urgently required on a number of fronts to reduce the current patterns of overharvestand illegal trade. Much more needs to be known regarding the status and biology ofthose species in trade, especially in countries known to be exporting large volumes ofagarwood, e.g. Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Increased research inthese and other countries should be given high priority. More needs to be known regarding theflow of benefits from agarwood harvests and trade in order to increase the opportunities andincentives for better management of harvests and trade. More effective harvest and tradecontrols, including improved CITES implementation and better tools for the identification ofspecies in trade are also required. Specific attention should be paid to the making ofnondetriment. Picture 1-4 are showing agar plantation, agar seed and agarwood inside agartimber.Picture 1. Agarwood plantation in Vietnam9