International experts from The Vetiver Network International (TVNI) led by Dr. Paul Truong, together with local end-users will share their knowledge on the economic value and numerous applications of the Vetiver System that are responsive to environmental mitigation needs over…
Newly planted vetiver in vinyard Andrea and Valentina Rossi have been using vetiver to protect their Tuscany vineyard located in Massa Carrara (approx. 44ºN 10ºE) since 2010, and have sent the following note that should be of interest to grape…
Andrea and Valentina Rossi have been using vetiver to protect their Tuscany vineyard located in Massa Carrara (approx. 44ºN 10ºE) since 2010, and have sent the following note that should be of interest to grape growers. They can be contacted…
The Guardian has an interesting article by George Monblot titled “Drowning in Money: the untold story of crazy public spending that makes flooding inevitable”. In summary he links the huge amount of money that is spent in the United Kingdom on…
Jim Smyle sent me the links to some very useful short videos about vetiver that he made following Hurricane MITCH (1998). Please use them as and when you need them: Vetiver Para La Bioingenieria – #1 El Problema (1999) Vetiver…
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 read. (Non Spanish readers should use Google translate or just look at the presentation). The paper and presentation were…
David Pimentel and Michael Burgess (both of Cornell University) have published a paper “Soil Erosion Threatens Food Production” that everybody who works in the agricultural and natural resources sectors should read. An abstract of their paper follows: “Since humans worldwide obtain…
Recently Paul Truong revisited sections of the Ho Chi Minh Highway, Vietnam, that have been stabilized with Vetiver System applications. He prepared this photo essay that shows the impact of VS over a fouteen year period. (2000 – 2014). We are indebted…
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 for the past eight years in applying vetiver for slope stabilization, particularly for stabilizing the banks…
agriculture, climate change, disaster mitigation, erosion, health, Network News, slope stabilization, urban, wastewater, water Vetiver System has been used in Indonesia for at least 20 years, and in particular the East Bali Poverty Project used VS for a number of effective applications. Other groups and companies have used VS…
