{"id":14392,"date":"2008-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20080228-03n"},"modified":"2008-02-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T22:00:00","slug":"faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO\u2019s NWFP-Digest: 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. All 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><b>Issue No. 2\/08, 2008-02-27<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PRODUCTS<\/b><br \/>1.  Acai berries make jump from food into skin care<br \/>2.  Acorns: The acorn is a big part of nature\u2019s plan<br \/>3.  Bamboo: Panasonic showcases green products in Abu Dhabi<br \/>4.  Bamboo: Greener gear for skiers and boarders<br \/>5.  Bamboo in Bangladesh: Rats destroy crops in Bangladesh<br \/>6.  Bamboo in India: Big plans for bamboo industry<br \/>7.  Bamboo in the Philippines: Bamboo as carbon sequester, income booster<br \/>8.  Bark cuts methane emission from cows<br \/>9.  Brazil nuts: The green gold of the Amazon<br \/>10. Bushmeat: The high price of wild meat<br \/>11. Bushmeat: 750-pound restaurant shipment of headless rats seized in London<br \/>12. Edible insects: Beastly bugs or edible delicacies<br \/>13. Ginseng: Canada\u2019s UWO gets $11 million for health research<br \/>14. Honey: German scientist identifies special properties in manuka honey<br \/>15. Honey: Cosmetics based on honey will be manufactured in Bashkiria, Russia<br \/>16. Medicinal plants: Cancer drug to be produced in UAE<br \/>17. Medicinal plants: German herbal cure market under strain<br \/>18. Medicinal plants: New Yardstick for medicinal plant harvests<br \/>19. Medicinal plants \u2013 Plants for Life: Medicinal plants under threat<br \/>20. Medicinal plants &#8216;facing threat&#8217;<br \/>21. Moringa: Buy a Miracle Tree campaign<br \/>22. Sandalwood: Fragrance house sources sustainable ingredients<br \/>23. Shea butter: An essential luxury<br \/>24. Shea butter: Fair Trade certification spreads to cosmetics<br \/>25. Tea tree oil: Cropwatch Statement<br \/>26. Tree resin: Insulation retrofitters push &#8216;green&#8217; alternative<br \/>27. Vegetable ivory: Stylishly sustainable jewellery\n<\/li>\n<li><b>COUNTRY INFORMATION<\/b><br \/>28. Bhutan: Wild ginseng grows endangered<br \/>29. Burkina Faso: Organic shea butter and cotton<br \/>30. Cambodian conservation work \u2014 not just a man\u2019s world<br \/>31. Cameroon: Carbon traders, not conservationists, could save Cameroon rainforest<br \/>32. Canada: Funding Aboriginal startups<br \/>33. Fiji: Sandalwood rip-off<br \/>34. Russia: Forest Plan of Republic of Karelia<br \/>35. Uganda: Development should not affect forests\n<\/li>\n<li><b>NEWS<\/b><br \/>36. &#8220;Biodiversity is vital for human survival and livelihoods,&#8221; FAO Deputy Director-General says<br \/>37. Collectors claim trade treaty is obstructive<br \/>38. Plants to raise biological activity in space\n<\/li>\n<li><b>EVENTS<\/b><br \/>39. Roundtable on Sustainable Forests National Technical Workshop and Meeting<br \/>40. 1er Seminario \u2013 Taller  desarrollo de productos no maderables del bosque&#8221;<br \/>41. 2008 INBAR Bamboo Study Tour<br \/>42. 4th World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants\u2013using plants to benefit people\n<\/li>\n<li><b>REQUESTS<\/b><br \/>43. Request for contributions to the next issue of Non-wood News\n<\/li>\n<li><b>LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES<\/b><br \/>44. Microfinance and forest-based small-scale enterprises<br \/>45. New report: Production and Market of Turpentine in China<br \/>46. Other publications of interest<br \/>47. Web sites and e-zines\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MISCELLANEOUS<\/b><br \/>48. Climate focus &#8216;ignores wildlife&#8217;<br \/>49. Israel: 20 centuries-old oak trees found chopped down in Galilee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Cf. news of <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-2\/\" >2008-01-25<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-3\/\" >2007-12-03<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-4\/\" >2007-10-30<\/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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