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Value of Peatlands in Thailand
Multiple uses of peatland in Thailand
| Direct Uses |
- Large fishing grounds for villagers
- Collecting wild fruits, such as rambutan, or wild mango; the fruit serves either for personal consumption or making income by selling it
- Collecting Sago palm leaves and gathering larvae from the tree trunks
- Collecting wild natural honey
- Collecting mushrooms, especially Melaleuca mushrooms
- Leaves for creating flower decorations
- Leaves of Nepholepis radicans and othr species for cooking
- Leaves of Licuala sp. for wrapping food
- Grounds for collecting ornamental fish
- Source of firewood, processed timber and trees for general purposes
- Source of organic soils used for growing seedlings
- Cultivation plot for plants like palm oil
- Source of rare medicinal plants
- Large water retntion area used for irrigation or household use
- Source of seeds
- Source of fragrant flowering plants, ornamental plants and rare, valuable plants
- Animal raising area
- Source of rattan and other plants for making basketry
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| Indirect Uses |
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