FAO’s NWFP-Digest: World of Non-Wood Forest Products

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. 1/09, 2009-03-04

• PRODUCTS
  1. Bark cloth makes comeback on international fashion scene
  2. Bushmeat: Health alert over rise in trade
  3. Guarana beverage
  4. Maple syrup industry hopes product sticks
  5. Medicinal Plants: Scientists unveil herbs that treat epilepsy
  6. Moringa oleifera: La Meringa – Experimentan con planta nutritiva
  7. Mushroom Extract Improves Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Treatment
  8. Rattan in Vietnam: WWF unveils sustainable production plan
  9. Sandalwood: A Critical View of Developments
  10. Truffles: Italian group defends honour of rare white truffles
  11. Vegetable ivory: Sustainable jeweller partners with ethical retailer
• COUNTRY INFORMATION
  12. Amazonia: NWFP valued at €40-80/ha per year in new WWF report
  13. Bhutan: Boost for bamboo product makers
  14. India moves to protect traditional medicines from foreign patents
  15. Japan: Denso develops ‘organic’ radiator tank
  16. Kenya: Rural communities to benefit from plan to market natural plants
  17. Malaysia: Agarwood Research Centre in Melaka
  18. Malaysia: On a quest to revive tradition
  19. Rwanda: Alleviating poverty through silk production
  20. Sri Lanka: Saving cinnamon industry
  21. Sri Lanka: Relief essential to cinnamon industry
  22. Sudan: Ex-official calls for export-ban on Gum Arabic to ICC supporting countries
  23. USA: Honey laundering
• NEWS
  24. Albert-Ludwig University Freibrug accepting M.Sc FEM. Applications
  25. Biodiversity International call for submissions
  26. Forest Research Institute University, Dehra Dun, accepting applications
  27. Forests and the global economy: 10 million new jobs
  28. Forestry in a new economic climate
  29. International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 – an update
  30. Launch of new superfruit beverage
  31. New interactive database on indicators of sustainable forest management in Europe
  32. United Nations-Environment Program to protect bees, pollinators
• EVENTS
  33. UN Forum on Forests (UNFF)
  34. Towards a Rights-Based Agenda in International Forestry
  35. International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution 2009
  36. Tunza International Youth Conference on the Environment
  37. Secondo Congresso Internazionale Construcciones de Cubierta vegetal “Pinolere 2009”
  38. Plant Conservation for the Next Decade: A Celebration of Kew’s 250th Anniversar
• REQUESTS
  39. Request for information: Shorea robusta
• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
  40. The World Resources Institute (WRI) is seeking a Senior Associate
• LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES
  41. Nature-Friendly Land Use Practices at Multiple Scales
  42. Other publications of interest
  43. Web sites and e-zines
• MISCELLANEOUS
  44. Bigger trees helping fight against climate change
  45. Palm oil may be single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species
  46. Rural depopulation isn’t just a social problem: it affects wildlife too

Source

NWFP-Digest-L, 2009-03-27.

Supplier

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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