{"id":14373,"date":"2007-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20070216-04n"},"modified":"2007-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T22:00:00","slug":"world-of-non-wood-forest-products-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-7\/","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. 01\/07, 2007-01-18<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PRODUCTS<\/b><br \/>1. Agarwood in Thailand: Investors can harvest big returns from wood<br \/>2. Atemesia annua: Kenya embarks on new anti-malaria drug<br \/>3. Bamboo in Malaysia: Traditional tunes from the bamboo<br \/>4. Bamboo bullet proof jackets and igloos<br \/>5. Bamboo leaf extract to stop acrylamide formation?<br \/>6. Bark: Tree bark molecule may combat malaria<br \/>7. &#8220;Gum arabic is an ultra-strategic commodity&#8221;<br \/>8. Medicinal plants: China beats India in medicinal plants<br \/>9. Medicinal plants: 1,792 species of plants in Nepal used as medicine: book<br \/>10.Shea Butter again emerges as key ingredient in skin care<br \/>11.Silk: Indian Government is putting emphasis on forest-grown silk<br \/>12.Stevia: Chinese company doubles stevia production capacity <br \/>13.Truffles: France&#8217;s truffle producers sniff out EU subsidy <\/li>\n<li><b>COUNTRY INFORMATION<\/b><br \/>14.Armenia: The forest is receding <br \/>15.Australian Aborigines win East Coast land claim<br \/>16.Belize: I-A Commission says GOB must protect indigenous people of Toledo<br \/>17.Brazil: Project in the Ba\u00fa Indigenous Land makes its first sale of certified oil<br \/>18.Cuba: Bee honey production up in Las Tunas<br \/>19.India: Exploited forest dwellers now legal<br \/>20.India: Living with forests \u2013 Debate rages over Tribal Bill<br \/>21.India: JK set to become hub of herbal entrepreneurship<br \/>22.India: Bamboo mission aims at generating job opportunities<br \/>23.Italy: Bugs threaten Italian chestnuts<br \/>24.Kenya: Farmers seek authority to keep bees in forest<br \/>25.Malaysia: NGO fears Malaysia-US FTA will make medicine costlier<br \/>26.Peru: Libido-enhancing root central in bioprospecting dispute<br \/>27.Qatar: Boom in sales of honey <br \/>28.Romanian forestry sector to get funds of over one billion euros<br \/>29.Uganda: Rainforest scheme &#8216;ruins lives in Uganda&#8217; <br \/>30.Uganda&#8217;s honey good for EU market<br \/>31.United States: Maple syrup industry facing sticky situation<br \/>32.Zimbabwe: Firm facilitates planting of over 500 000 trees<\/li>\n<li><b>NEWS<\/b><br \/>33.Birch distillate helps in controlling agricultural weeds and pests<br \/>34.Gordon and Betty Moore visiting fellowships for tropical forest conservation in the Andes-Amazon Region <br \/>35.MSc in Managing Sustainable Mountain Development<br \/>36.Online Academic Course on NTFP Culture &#038; Management available<br \/>37.OrganicLink: A web portal to help developing countries trade organic products<br \/>38.Ph.D. positions in Brazil<br \/>39.Video: Coconut assessment in Rotuma (Fiji) for biofuel production<\/li>\n<li><b>EVENTS<\/b><br \/>40.Iran International Kish Green Week Exhibition<br \/>41.Sharing Indigenous Wisdom: An international dialogue on sustainable development<\/li>\n<li><b>EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES<\/b><br \/>42.UNDP Regional Technical Advisor for Biodiversity(2 positions)<br \/>43.FAO, Chief, Forest Conservation Service<\/li>\n<li><b>LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES<\/b><br \/>44.Participatory Biological Monitoring Handbook (Pilz, Ballard, Jones)<br \/>45.Unasylva 224, Forests and human health \u2013 now online<br \/>46.Other publications of interest<\/li>\n<li><b>MISCELLANEOUS<\/b><br \/>47.Brazil gambles on monitoring of Amazon loggers<br \/>48.Dell says plant a tree, help the environment<br \/>49.Thailand tree apes use song as warning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Issue of No. 02\/07, 2007-02-16<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PRODUCTS<\/b><br \/>1. Bamboo: Bambrotex to act against illegal bamboo fiber suppliers in Turkey<br \/>2. Bamboo in India: Bamboo craft training for Manipur youth<br \/>3. Bamboo in the Philippines: Trader vows to help bamboo industry<br \/>4. Bamboo in the Philippines: NegOr picks up challenge to boost bamboo supply<br \/>5. Bark: Pine bark extract shows promise for slowing sugar uptake<br \/>6. Brazil nuts as an alternative energy source<br \/>7. Brazil nuts&#8217; path to preservation<br \/>8. Bushmeat: Recent mountain gorilla killings spark fears for species\u2019 survival<br \/>9. Camu camu: Peruvian camu camu fruit conquers Japan<br \/>10.Cork Quality Council announces natural cork rated &#8220;most appropriate\u201d closure for all occasions<br \/>11.Cork: French wine cork maker Oeneo 2006 sales dip<br \/>12.Fungi found in Singapore reserve has medicinal potential<br \/>13.Fungi: Research into medicinal value of fungi<br \/>14.Gum arabic as a phytochemical construct for the stabilization of gold nanoparticles<br \/>15.Honey: Nigerian Government battles poverty with honey factory<br \/>16.Honey: Rare New Zealand honey leads to sweet importing business <br \/>17.Lac in India: Chhattisgarh threat to former lac leader &#8211; Lack of production is affecting tribal populace in the state<br \/>18.Seabuckthorn brings new dawn for Lahaul (India)<br \/>19.Shea butter industry in Ghana gets boost<\/li>\n<li><b>COUNTRY INFORMATION<\/b><br \/>20.Australia: $3m funding announced for old-growth forest ecotourism<br \/>21.Bangladesh: Eco-park work resumes ignoring plights of indigenous people<br \/>22.Brazil: Consulta p\u00fablica para uso del conocimiento tradicional<br \/>23.Cameroon: German MPs astonished at misuse of forest resources<br \/>24.Canada: Eco-funding deal reached for Canadian rainforest<br \/>25.Czech Republic: EU-funded promotion to boost honey consumption<br \/>26.Ethiopia: Saving Ethiopia&#8217;s forest, and its cutters<br \/>27.Georgia: Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park and Borjomi State Nature Reserve \u2013 First PAN Park of the Caucasus <br \/>28.Iran\u2019s share of worldwide medicinal plant trade barely 2%<br \/>29.Nigeria risks extinction of forest by 2010<br \/>30.Nigeria: raffia and bark cloth weaving<br \/>31.Russia: growing market for wild fungi and berries<br \/>32.Vietnam: Ha Tay builds villages for bamboo exports<br \/>33.Vietnam: Herbal remedy firm vies for UN prize<br \/>34.Zimbabwe: Promote wild plant foods<\/li>\n<li><b>NEWS<\/b><br \/>35.Alcan Prize for Sustainability 2007<br \/>36.Biodiversity quickly erodes in forest fragments<br \/>37.Borneo conservation deal signed<br \/>38.British scientist wins Japan prize for tropical forest research <br \/>39.Entrepreneurs don&#8217;t grow on trees<br \/>40.New industry standard for collection of wild plants<br \/>41.Non-wood News<br \/>42.Wildlife: U.S. urges tougher policing of wildlife black market<br \/>43.2007 ForestLeadership Awards &#8211; nomination period officially open<\/li>\n<li><b>EVENTS<\/b><br \/>44.Non-Timber Forest Products<br \/>45.National Seminar on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development<br \/>46.Tradition to Technology Conference<br \/>47.2007 International Conference on Forest and Woodland History <br \/>48.4th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference<br \/>49.International Symposium &#8220;Underutilized Plants for food, nutrition, income and sustainable development&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>(f]EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES<br \/>50.Coordonnateur R\u00e9gional (Conseiller Technique), FAO Project GCP\/RAF\/408\/EC <br \/>51.Director, Centre for Non Timber Resources, Royal Roads University, Canada<\/li>\n<li><b>REQUESTS<\/b><br \/>52.Request for information: Ummemezi (Cassipourea flanaganii)<\/li>\n<li><b>LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES<\/b><br \/>53.Other publications of interest<br \/>54.Web sites and e-zines<\/li>\n<li><b>MISCELLANEOUS<\/b><br \/>55.Brazil Amazon lost 13% of virgin forest in 2000-2003<br \/>56.Group of rare vultures found in Cambodia<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>The NWFP-Digest-L is an on-line journal of the FAO. 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