This training course emphasised the need to know more about how to study and manage tree health problems. One of the main challenges of diagnosing problems on trees such as Pterocarpus indicus is making the distinction between the relative importance and influence of biotic and abiotic factors. This suggests a different approach to training, particularly for those whose jobs embrace general responsibilities for trees. The broad aim of the two training courses held under the TCP was to provide practical guidance in diagnosis and preliminary examination of plant samples. This report outlines how the courses were organised and run. Differente groups of professional such as: people of the forestry department, other people interested in trees such as ecologists, nature conservationists, the public utilities corporation and even teachers in schools - have become sensitized to tree health problems as a results of takamaka wilt and now the sandragon disease. It is for them that the training courses were designed for, bearing in mind their need for practical assistance, their general job responsibilities and their common lack of knowledge concerning tree pests and tree health.

Type of Case
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)

Publisher
FAO & Government of Seychelles

Region
Africa

Biome
Tropical

Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)

Primary Designated Function
All