{"id":14683,"date":"2008-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20081209-06n"},"modified":"2008-12-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T22:00:00","slug":"faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/faos-nwfp-digest-world-of-non-wood-forest-products-11\/","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. 8\/08, 2008-12-08<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>PRODUCTS<\/b><br \/>1. Acai: The amazing benefits of the acai berry<br \/>2. Bamboo fibers fortify plant-based auto materials<br \/>3. Bamboo Laptop to debut<br \/>4. Bamboo in India: Year of Capacity Building enhances bamboo products (India)<br \/>5. Bamboo in Rwanda: KIE to research bamboo as an alternative energy source<br \/>6. Camu camu and its role in preventing gum disease<br \/>7. Cork: Portugal fighting screw-cap trend to save cork forests<br \/>8. Devil&#8217;s claw \u2013 a promising remedy for pain<br \/>9. Devil&#8217;s Claw in Namibia: Devil&#8217;s claw fruit for forest community livelihoods<br \/>10. Essential oils: Himalayan oregano effective against MRSA<br \/>11. Ginseng found highly effective for weight loss and diabetes control<br \/>12. Stevia: FDA may approve stevia-based sweeteners<br \/>13. Truffles: Endangered truffles set to be reared in test tubes<br \/>14. Truffles: Italian truffle fetches $200,000 at Macau auction<br \/>15. Vegetable ivory: \u2018Green\u2019 alternative ivory jewellery\n<\/li>\n<li><b>COUNTRY INFORMATION<\/b><br \/>16. Australia: Wattle seeds and bush tomatoes hot stuff<br \/>17. Brazil&#8217;s Amazontech debates Amazon&#8217;s self-sustainability<br \/>18. Brazil moves to protect and restore endangered Atlantic rainforest<br \/>19. Brazil triples endangered species list<br \/>20. Cameroon: Bee farmers trained on profitable honey farming<br \/>21. Cameroon: Village Tree Planting Project<br \/>22. Finnish mushroom pickers love the forest<br \/>23. India: 800 kg of forest fruits seized<br \/>24. Indonesia: Rinjani Community Push for Forestry Regulations<br \/>25. Senegal: Protecting livelihoods through mangroves\n<\/li>\n<li><b>NEWS<\/b><br \/>26. 2009-2010 Kleinhans Fellowship, Rainforest Alliance: Research in Tropical Non-Timber Forest Products<br \/>27. 2009 Year of the Gorilla: Jane Goodall named patron<br \/>28. Africa: Continent&#8217;s Rare Species of Flora and Fauna Face Extinction as Poaching Intensifies<br \/>29. Benefit-sharing: Laws to protect native knowledge &#8216;are failing&#8217;<br \/>30. CITES rhino task force to tackle rhino poaching <br \/>31. Crops for the Future \u2014 New international organisation announced<br \/>32. Forest hotspots pinpointed for climate, animals<br \/>33. Nature\u2019s &#8220;medicine chest&#8221; discovered<br \/>34. New foundation to promote sustainable collection of wild plants<br \/>35. Rainforest fungus may be the future of biofuel\n<\/li>\n<li><b>EVENTS<\/b><br \/>36. Mapping Alaska Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS &#038; Community Analysis<br \/>37.  International traditional and designer basketry competition<br \/>38. Second World Congress of Agroforestry (WCA2) (Session topic on NWFP)<br \/>39. XIIIth World Forestry Congress (Extension of Deadline for Paper and Poster Submissions)\n<\/li>\n<li><b>REQUESTS<\/b><br \/>40. Request for information: essential oils\n<\/li>\n<li><b>LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES<\/b><br \/>41. NTFP Curriculum Workbook Available Online<br \/>42. First issue of &#8216;Journal of Wetlands Ecology&#8217; published<br \/>43. New from Rights and Resources Initiative &#8211; local rights and community forest tenure<br \/>44. Other publications of interest<br \/>45. Web sites and e-zines\n<\/li>\n<li><b>MISCELLANEOUS<\/b><br \/>46. Forestry takes on the climate change challenge<br \/>47. India&#8217;s tropical agriculture &#8216;can support biodiversity&#8217;<br \/>48. &#8216;Lost&#8217; deer species discovered in Sumatra\u2019s rainforests after 78 years<br \/>49. Nature loss &#8216;dwarfs bank crisis&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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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