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