FAO’s NWFP-Digest: World of Non-Wood Forest Products

FAO’s 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’s NWFP home page: www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en.

Issue No. 3/09, 2009-04-16

• PRODUCTS
  1. Acai berry, SuperFood or SuperFraud?
  2. Bamboo: Are eco-conscious consumers being bamboozled?
  3. Bamboo firewood and charcoal program in Ethiopia and Ghana
  4. Bushmeat in Gabon: Urban hunters do most harm to ape populations
  5. Bushmeat in Madagascar: Frogs important food source
  6. Bushmeat in Tanzania: Bushmeat hunting constitutes the most immediate threat to wildlife
  7. Cat’s claw (Uncaria tomentosa) could tackle dengue fever
  8. Chicozapote tree provides new biodegradable chewing gum Chicza
  9. Cork: World’s first winery to earn FSC certification
  10. Frankincense: A brief catch-up
  11. Frankincense oil may be a treatment for bladder cancer
  12. Maples in Korea: Gorosoe sap – prized elixir from South Korean forests
  13. Medicinal Plants: Nigeria revokes sickle cell drug license
  14. Moss: Oakmoss and Treemoss
  15. Palm fronds: Palms for Palm Sunday, fair trade and eco-friendly
  16. Sclerocarya birrea: A lesser know NWFP of Africa
• COUNTRY INFORMATION
  17. Bhutan: CountrySTAT-Bhutan – Everything you need to know about agriculture in Bhutan
  18. Brazil: Land boost for Indians
  19. Bolivia: Tree iguanas targeted by hunters as source of traditional medicine
  20. Cambodia: ‘Ecstasy oil’ distilleries threaten rainforests
  21. Cameroon: Life around Ngovayang Forest
  22. China: Fund aims to preserve culture of conservation in Tibetan communities
  23. Georgia: Breakthrough sustainable forest use plan
  24. India: Ethnic groups crucial to bio-diversity
  25. Madagascar: Scramble to log valuable rainforest trees in midst of crisis
  26. Nepal: Small changes improve Nepalese communities’ relationship to forest
  27. Perú: Dos millones de plantones de camu camu
  28. Tanzania: Traditional practices contribute to conservation of medicinal plants
  29. Vietnam: Nghe An exports rattan products for the first time
  30. Zambia plans to increase honey production
• NEWS
  31. Africa: Minister tasks continent on bio-resources development
  32. Birdflu antivirus sourced from Indian trees
  33. Carnegie Research Fellowship Program accepting applications
  34. Finland/FAO provide €14 million for data collection and management skills
  35. Forests Move Rain: Study revolutionizes meteorology
  36. Plant workshop winds up in Botswana with resolve to create a regional network
  37. UNEP-WCMC launches new Carbon and Biodiversity Atlas
• REQUESTS
  38. Request for information: Rural livelihoods and forest income
• EVENTS
  39. Second Gender and Forestry Conference
  40. Biodiversity Hotspots in the Mediterranean Area
  41. Indigenous Plant Use Forum (IPUF) 2009 Annual Conference
  42. IPROMO Course on “Developing economic opportunities for mountain areas”
  43. Decentralization, Power and Tenure Rights of Forest-Dependent People
• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
  44. Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources seeking experts in multiple fields
  45. FAO accepting applications for Chief Technical Advisor in Cameroon
  46. IFS accepting applications from young scientists
  47. World Resources Institute (WRI) is seeking a results-oriented Senior Associate
• LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES
  48. IIED papers: How to protect forests, improve lives and tackle climate change
  49. Research Publications on Jatropha and Pongamia
  50. Other publications of interest
  51. Web sites and e-zines
• MISCELLANEOUS
  52. Photovoices: New way to share TK
  53. Search for rhino turf in Buxa, India
  54. Tree death rate in Pacific Northwest United States doubled in 17 years

Source

NWFP-Digest-L, 2009-04-16.

Supplier

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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