{"id":14448,"date":"2007-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20071030-06n"},"modified":"2007-10-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T22:00:00","slug":"faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-4\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;FAO&rsquo;s NWFP-Digest: World of Non-Wood Forest Products&#8221;"},"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. 10\/07, 2007-10-11<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PRODUCTS<\/b><br \/>1. Acorn belt in the USA<br \/>2. Agarwood: Oudh \u2013 the sweet smell of tradition  <br \/>3. Artemesia annua: Artemisinin &#8216;promising&#8217; as leishmaniasis treatment<br \/>4. Bamboo chip-based particleboard developed<br \/>5. Bamboo: Rodents ravage 177 villages in Mizoram, India<br \/>6. Bamboo bras are the latest in eco chic, says style bible Vogue<br \/>7. Honey: Production of honey on the decline in Kenya<br \/>8. Honey: Uganda risks losing EU deal<br \/>9. Honey: Drought takes toll on honey supplies in Australia<br \/>10.Maca (Lepidium peruvianum): Ethnobotanist&#8217;s discovery benefits U.S. consumers and Peruvian economy<br \/>11.Medicinal plants: A colouring book about medicinal plants of North America<br \/>12.Moringa (Moringa oleifera): Malunggay a &#8220;miracle vegetable&#8221;<br \/>13.Rattan in the Philippines: Kidapawan rubber farm gets foreign grant\n<\/li>\n<li><b>COUNTRY INFORMATION<\/b><br \/>14. Canada: Forestry funding coming to Chapleau<br \/>15. Canada: NOSM gets $1.1M to \u2018bioprospect\u2019 forest<br \/>16. India: Govt plans first ever Forest Policy<br \/>17. Liberia: CI wants eco-tourism promoted<br \/>18. Philippines: Bulacan aggressively promotes bamboo farming<br \/>19. South Africa: Traditional medicine for HIV to go on trial<br \/>20. South Africa: Drug companies looting SA&#8217;s bounty of medicinal plants<br \/>21. Vietnam: New butterflies, snakes and orchids discovered in Green Corridor<br \/>22. Vietnam: Partnership producing natural products from medicinal plants being filmed for BBC<br \/>23. Vietnam: Handicraft exporters target key markets\n<\/li>\n<li><b>News<\/b><br \/>24. Amazon chic<br \/>25. &#8216;Biopiracy&#8217; requires reasoned treatment<br \/>26. Central Africa: Wangari wants trust fund for Congo Basin Forest<br \/>27. Congo Basin: Plugging NTFPs in the Congo Basin<br \/>28. Environmental certification is essential to the economic growth of Amazonia, study concludes<br \/>29. UN General Assembly backs indigenous peoples&#8217; rights<br \/>30. Wildlife: National parks no longer preserve wildlife<br \/>31. Wildlife trade: One of the world&#8217;s most endangered species found in fridge<br \/>32. Wildlife trade: Despite progress against trafficking, world still hungry for exotic creatures\n<\/li>\n<li><b>EVENTS<\/b><br \/>33. Training course: Strengthening livelihoods through beekeeping<br \/>34. Rural development and poverty reduction<br \/>35. Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Americas<br \/>36. International Symposium &#8220;Underutilized Plants for food, nutrition, income and sustainable development&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<li><b>REQUESTS<\/b><br \/>37. Request for collaboration: Ecotourism in Bhutan<br \/>38. Request for contributions to the next issue of Non-wood News<br \/>39. Request for information: Unique environmental facts about African nations\n<\/li>\n<li><b>LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES<\/b><br \/>40. The Overstory<br \/>41. Other publications of interest<br \/>42. Web sites and e-zines\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MISCELLANEOUS<\/b><br \/>43. Amazon Rainforest at risk from initiative to connect South American economies<br \/>44. UNESCO Adds 23 Reserves to Man and the Biosphere Network<br \/>45. World Conservation Union: 16,300 species threatened<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Cf. news of <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-5\/\" >2007-08-29<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products\/\" >2007-08-12<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/world-of-non-wood-forest-products-2\/\" >2007-07-19<\/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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