{"id":14287,"date":"2007-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20070812-02n"},"modified":"2007-08-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-11T22:00:00","slug":"world-of-non-wood-forest-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Non-Wood Forest Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/\" >FAO<\/a>\u2019s NWFP-Digest-L is a free e-mail journal that covers all aspects of non-wood forest products. Back issues of the Digest may be found on FAO&#8217;s NWFP home page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/forestry\/site\/12980\/en\" >www.fao.org\/forestry\/site\/12980\/en<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Readers are invited to contribute to a brief evaluation of some of the on-line products of FAO and partners on Non-Wood Forest Products, Wood Energy, Forest Harvesting and Environmental Impact Assessments. Please would you take a few minutes to complete a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.aspx?sm=seDkfbMexAiy35iUOvb3uQ_3d_3d\" >short survey<\/a>. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><b>Issue of No. 08\/07, 2007-08-10<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>News<\/b><br \/>1. Electronic Discussion on NWFPs<br \/>2. Non-wood News<br \/>3. Picking berries protects rain forests best, study shows<br \/>4. UNEP launches 2010 Biodiversity initiative\n<\/li>\n<li><b>PRODUCTS<\/b><br \/>5. Bamboo: Panda poop to be recycled into souvenirs<br \/>6. Butterflies: East Africa feels the butterfly effect<br \/>7. Butterflies: Kenyans sell butterflies to save rainforest<br \/>8. Cinnamon helps fight against bird flu<br \/>9. Cinnamon: Lower blood sugar levels by eating cinnamon<br \/>10.Cork: Plastic, not axes, threatens cork forests<br \/>11.Cork is still king, but wine lovers still swayed by taste<br \/>12.Honey: Comvita manuka honey makes US breakthrough<br \/>13.Karite: Breakthrough botanical for joint pain<br \/>14.Medicinal plants: Fighting poverty with herbs and medicinal plants<br \/>15.Medicinal plants: India sows the seeds while China reaps the harvest<br \/>16.Moss plays important role in flood prevention<br \/>17.Myrica gale: Two pints of bog myrtle and a packet of crisps, please&#8230;<br \/>18.Truffles: Summer rain boosts UK truffle harvest<br \/>19.Vitex donian: Baboons use contraceptives\n<\/li>\n<li><b>COUNTRY INFORMATION<\/b><br \/>20.Brazil: Price of Brazil nuts plummets in Acre<br \/>21.Cambodia promotes mulberry trees planting, silkworms feeding for silk production<br \/>22.Canada: Maple syrup harvest bittersweet<br \/>23.India: Over 400 native herbal plants on verge of extinction<br \/>24.India: Exports sops elude herbal products<br \/>25.Kenya: KEFRI wants ban on bamboo lifted<br \/>26.Malaysia is taking steps to ensure that the trade in gaharu is sustainable<br \/>27.Papua New Guinea: Manila Copal (Agathis lapillardieri)<br \/>28.Paraguay: &#8216;Sweet herb&#8217; may be green gold for Paraguay<br \/>29.Uganda&#8217;s &#8216;sex tree&#8217; under threat<br \/>30.United States: Ginseng labelling act introduced in Congress<br \/>31.Vanuatu defends its famous drink<br \/>32.Vietnam: Salt-marsh forests threatened by illegal digging for impotence-curing worms<br \/>33.Zimbabwe: The drug that&#8217;s got everyone talking\n<\/li>\n<li><b>EVENTS<\/b><br \/>34.Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms<br \/>35.International Conference on Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of traditional forest-related knowledge\n<\/li>\n<li><b>LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES<\/b><br \/>36.Blogging Underutilized Species<br \/>37.Rainforest Alliance online database now features more than 1,000 conservation projects in the Americas<br \/>38.Other publications of interest<br \/>39.Web sites and e-zines\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MISCELLANEOUS<\/b><br \/>40.Can trees grow on Mars?<br \/>41.Indian state plants 10 million trees in one day<br \/>42.Join search for Wales\u2019 ancient trees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Cf. news of <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-2\/\" >2007-07-19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-3\/\" >2007-07-01<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-4\/\" >2007-04-24<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>FAO&rsquo;s NWFP-Digest-L is a free e-mail journal that covers all aspects of non-wood forest products. 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