The NWFP-Digest-L is an on-line journal of the FAO. It is focusing on issues of note in the world of Non-Wood Forest Products.
Issue of No. 03/07, 2007-03-02
- PRODUCTS
1. Açaí: Brazil regains ‘açaí’ trademark from Japan
2. Allspice: High demand for pimento
3. Bamboo: Hong Kong skyscrapers made of bamboo
4. Bamboo: NIDian develops bamboo shelter prototype that’s ideal for beaches
5. Bushmeat: NYC immigrant at center of bushmeat case
6. Edible insects: Eating worms and protecting parks Namibia
7. Honey: New study of Spanish varieties
8. Honey: Aussie bee honey ‘an antibiotic’ in UK
9. Medicinal plants: Global standard set for wild medicinal plant harvesting
10.Moringa oleifera used in water treatment projects in Kenya
11.Oleoresins add flavour to food
12.Tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) can increase infection risk, skin irritation
13.Truffles in Australia: Fears tax decision to stifle truffle industry - COUNTRY INFORMATION
14.Angola: German NGO for dissemination of natural medicine
15.Bangladesh drafts poachers to protect forest
16.Brazil: Warming may kill off Brazil species, studies find
17.Brazil’s dream project: bringing moribund Atlantic rainforest back
18.Brunei: firms and groups invited to propose projects to tap nation’s forests
19.Costa Rica: Children’s eternal rainforest
20.Ecuador: Eco-tourism hope for Ecuador tribes
21.Ethiopia: Workshop for promoting the sustainable development of Ethiopian bamboo – results
22.Honduras: Artesanías con acículas de pino
23.Israel’s Bedouin women turn desert plants into skin remedies
24.Liberia: New trust fund will finance protection of some 30% of forests
25.Malaysia: Forest nomads blockade logging road
26.Namibia: Medicinal plant growing in importance
27.Pakistan: Weeklong drive to plant 300,000 trees starts Monday
28.Philippines: Upland dwellers tapped to manage forest resource
29.Scotland: ‘Wild Products’ Sector Research and Development
30.Uganda: Aloe vera farmers to get sh1b plant
31.Vietnam: Traditional medical museum opens - NEWS
32.Africa: Scientists count Africa’s ecological riches
33.BioTrade in native natural ingredients
34.Ecotourism: Caribbean gathering to bring ecotourism to the forefront of tourism
35.Eighteenth session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO)
36.Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries
37.Film: Let’s know medicinal herbs - EVENTS
38.Formation sur Sylviculture truffière multifonctionnelle et trufficulture
39.Global ecotourism conference
40.Youth Encounter on Sustainability “YES 2007” - EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
41.Director, Centre for Non Timber Resources, Royal Roads University, Canada (Revised) - REQUESTS
42.Request for information: bamboo/bamboo charcoal as renewable energy - LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES
43.Other publications of interest
44.Web sites and e-zines - MISCELLANEOUS
45.Afghan women grow trees to lift their own lives
46.Indonesia: Illegal logging hits Asian forests, orangutans – UN
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(Cf. news of 2007-02-16.)
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NWFP-Digest-L, 2007-03-02.
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