{"id":14356,"date":"2007-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20070329-08n"},"modified":"2007-03-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-28T22:00:00","slug":"world-of-non-wood-forest-products-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-5\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Non-Wood Forest Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/forestry\/site\/12980\/en\" >NWFP-Digest-L<\/a> is an on-line journal of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/\" >FAO<\/a>. It is focusing on issues of note in the world of Non-Wood Forest Products.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Issue of No. 04\/07, 2007-03-29<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PRODUCTS<\/b><br \/>1. Artemisia annua: WHO publishes guidelines on cultivating essential plant used in anti-malaria medicines<br \/>2. Bamboo: Dry skin finds relief with nature\u2019s new miracle fiber<br \/>3. Bamboo: Botanists Identify new species of North American bamboo<br \/>4. Bamboo: Three pulp mills are to be constructed in Ethiopia<br \/>5. Bark: Tree bark extract shows promise against retinoblastoma<br \/>6. Bushmeat in the USA: Illegal bushmeat trade thriving in bay area<br \/>7. Camu camu fruit exports from Peru increased 134.5%<br \/>8. Cinnamon: Studies show cinnamon may help fight against Type 2 diabetes<br \/>9. Cork: Major cork suppliers back South African Cork Council<br \/>10. Cork: Why screwtop wine could spell bad eco news<br \/>11. Edible insects in China caught on tape<br \/>12. Gum arabic: CNI launches functional, nutritional texturiser<br \/>13. Honey in Australia: Beekeepers enjoy massive honey harvest<br \/>14. Sandalwood: Two arrested in Kenya with Sh10 million rare wood<br \/>15. Truffle: Man finds way to grow famed French truffle in East Tennessee, USA\n<\/li>\n<li><b>COUNTRY INFORMATION<\/b><br \/>16. Armenia Tree Project receives $100,000 grant to partner with Yale University<br \/>17. Bangladesh: commercial cultivation of Jatropha curcas L. for diesel oil<br \/>18. Brunei: Rainforest protection requires global effort<br \/>19. Bulgaria: Parliament approves Biodiversity Bill on first reading<br \/>20. Bulgarian Health Ministry demands information about import of all kinds of nuts<br \/>21. China moves to protect traditional knowledge<br \/>22. Cuba: Camag\u00fcey boosts bamboo plantations<br \/>23. Ethiopia: Biodiversity Conservation Institute striving to utilize, conserve medicinal plants<br \/>24. Fiji:  Turning bamboo into wealth<br \/>25. India: boost to bamboo cultivation<br \/>26. Peru creates online biodiversity register<br \/>27. Tanzania: Bamboo a potential saviour of poor kids\n<\/li>\n<li><b>NEWS<\/b><br \/>28. Africa losing forest faster than any other continent<br \/>29. Bees for Development Beekeepers&#8217; Safaris<br \/>30. Biodiversity &#8216;fundamental&#8217; to economics<br \/>31. Biodiversity and Climate Change: International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007<br \/>32. FAO Committee on Forestry<br \/>33. Rwanda to host International Biodiversity Conference<br \/>34. The Republic of Korea joins Japan to support an FAO forestry project for the first time\n<\/li>\n<li><b>EVENTS<\/b><br \/>35. 2007 Bamboo Study Tour<br \/>36. Ginseng &#038; Goldenseal Workshop<br \/>37. 10th North American Agroforestry Conference<br \/>38. The role of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation<br \/>39. International Summer School &#8220;Forestry Markets and Society&#8221;<br \/>40. The First Regional Scientific Conference on Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine<br \/>41. Scientific framework of environmental and forest governance &#8212; The role of discourses and expertise<br \/>42. International Conference to Promote the Development of Non-Timber Forest Products and Services\n<\/li>\n<li><b>REQUESTS<\/b><br \/>43. Request for contributions to the next issue of Non-wood News<br \/>44. Call for expressions of interest: Forests, trees and human health and well-being<br \/>45. Call for grant applications from indigenous peoples\u2019 organizations and their communities<br \/>46. Request for information on forest monitoring by local communities\n<\/li>\n<li><b>LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES<\/b><br \/>47. State of the World&#8217;s Forests 2007<br \/>48. Traditional medicine of the Marshall Islands: the women, the plants, the treatments<br \/>49. Other publications of interest<br \/>50. Web sites and e-zines\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MISCELLANEOUS<\/b><br \/>51. Amazon rainforest does have rainy and dry seasons<br \/>52. Billion Tree Campaign gets pledges totalling 562M trees since January<br \/>53. Nicaragua: Birds of El Jagua<br \/>54. Wildlife groups urge China to keep tiger trade ban<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For the full-text of the e-bulletin or to subscribe take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/forestry\/site\/12980\/en\" >NWFP-Digest-L<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(Cf. news of <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-6\/\" >2007-03-05<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-7\/\" >2007-02-16<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>The NWFP-Digest-L is an on-line journal of the FAO. 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