Bolivia Vetiver Network

Joaquin Boehnert is a director of the Vetiver Network International living in South America.  Over the years he has worked tirelessly to promote the Vetiver System in those countries and beyond where he has worked.  Currently he is in Bolivia and has established a Vetiver Network there along with a website

Thank you Jo

Vetiver System Applications in Infrastructure & Environmental Protection Workshop, Danang, Vietnam, January 7th 2012

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 attending.  Details below and workshop poster

Under the auspices of the Vietnam Vetiver Network, Danang University of Technology will coordinate with SBTV Construction & Advanced Technology Company to hold the Seminar: ''Vetiver System Applications in Infrastructure & Environmental Protection"

The Seminar includes the following contents:

1.Main Topics:

- Existing Soil erosion conditions in Central Vietnam after flood season in 2011.
- Introduction of Vetiver System: An Eco-friendly Technical Solution and their applications around the world.

2.Key Speakers:

- Dr. Paul Truong :TVNI Director for Asia & Oceania.

- Dr.Tran Tan Van :TVNI Associate Director, Director of Vietnam Institute of Geoscience and Mineral resources.

- Mr. Shantanoo Bhattacharyya : The coordinator of the Eastern India Vetiver Network.

- Prof. Nguyen The Hung : Vice-PresidentofVietnamAssociation of Fluid Mechanics, Head of Division of Water Resources Engineering Fundamentals, University of Danang,Vietnam.

with other International & Vietnamese Vetiver Experts.

3. Day and time: Saturday Jan 7 2012 Time : 8h 00 - 16h 00

4.Location: Danang University of Technology, 54 Nguyen Luong Bang, Lien Chieu Dist., Da Nang,VietNam

The Organizing Committee would like to invite you to attend the Seminar. Try to register by December 28th 2011

For more details, please contact us:

SBTV Construction & Advanced Techonology Company

Phone : (+84)511 384 9579 Email : info@sbtv.com.vn

Waste water treatment, bare rooted versus containerized plants, and recovery from frost

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.  It is still in the early stages of development.  The presentation includes some rather nice comparisons between using bare rooted plants versus containerized, and the impact of severe frost on vetiver and its subsequent recovery.  Thank you Paul.