FAO’s NWFP-Digest-L is a free e-mail journal that covers all aspects of non-wood forest products. All issues of the Digest may be found on FAO’s NWFP home page: www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en.
Issue No. 8/08, 2008-12-08
- PRODUCTS
1. Acai: The amazing benefits of the acai berry
2. Bamboo fibers fortify plant-based auto materials
3. Bamboo Laptop to debut
4. Bamboo in India: Year of Capacity Building enhances bamboo products (India)
5. Bamboo in Rwanda: KIE to research bamboo as an alternative energy source
6. Camu camu and its role in preventing gum disease
7. Cork: Portugal fighting screw-cap trend to save cork forests
8. Devil’s claw – a promising remedy for pain
9. Devil’s Claw in Namibia: Devil’s claw fruit for forest community livelihoods
10. Essential oils: Himalayan oregano effective against MRSA
11. Ginseng found highly effective for weight loss and diabetes control
12. Stevia: FDA may approve stevia-based sweeteners
13. Truffles: Endangered truffles set to be reared in test tubes
14. Truffles: Italian truffle fetches $200,000 at Macau auction
15. Vegetable ivory: ‘Green’ alternative ivory jewellery - COUNTRY INFORMATION
16. Australia: Wattle seeds and bush tomatoes hot stuff
17. Brazil’s Amazontech debates Amazon’s self-sustainability
18. Brazil moves to protect and restore endangered Atlantic rainforest
19. Brazil triples endangered species list
20. Cameroon: Bee farmers trained on profitable honey farming
21. Cameroon: Village Tree Planting Project
22. Finnish mushroom pickers love the forest
23. India: 800 kg of forest fruits seized
24. Indonesia: Rinjani Community Push for Forestry Regulations
25. Senegal: Protecting livelihoods through mangroves - NEWS
26. 2009-2010 Kleinhans Fellowship, Rainforest Alliance: Research in Tropical Non-Timber Forest Products
27. 2009 Year of the Gorilla: Jane Goodall named patron
28. Africa: Continent’s Rare Species of Flora and Fauna Face Extinction as Poaching Intensifies
29. Benefit-sharing: Laws to protect native knowledge ‘are failing’
30. CITES rhino task force to tackle rhino poaching
31. Crops for the Future — New international organisation announced
32. Forest hotspots pinpointed for climate, animals
33. Nature’s “medicine chest” discovered
34. New foundation to promote sustainable collection of wild plants
35. Rainforest fungus may be the future of biofuel - EVENTS
36. Mapping Alaska Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis
37. International traditional and designer basketry competition
38. Second World Congress of Agroforestry (WCA2) (Session topic on NWFP)
39. XIIIth World Forestry Congress (Extension of Deadline for Paper and Poster Submissions) - REQUESTS
40. Request for information: essential oils - LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES
41. NTFP Curriculum Workbook Available Online
42. First issue of ‘Journal of Wetlands Ecology’ published
43. New from Rights and Resources Initiative – local rights and community forest tenure
44. Other publications of interest
45. Web sites and e-zines - MISCELLANEOUS
46. Forestry takes on the climate change challenge
47. India’s tropical agriculture ‘can support biodiversity’
48. ‘Lost’ deer species discovered in Sumatra’s rainforests after 78 years
49. Nature loss ‘dwarfs bank crisis’
Source
NWFP-Digest-L, 2008-12-08.
Supplier
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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