"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. Back issues of the Digest may be found on FAO’s NWFP home page: www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en.

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Issue of No. 09/07, 2007-08-28

PRODUCTS
1. Bamboo-fibre goods to set new fashion trends
2. Bamboo for housing construction
3. Cinnamon: Study finds mixed results of cinnamon’s therapeutic effects
4. Medicinal plants: Poultry farmers in Uganda take on herbs to control diseases
5. Medicinal plants used in organic clothing line
6. Moringa oleifera: The lowly malunggay takes center stage in the Philippines
7. Pine needles: Biotech finds pine needle ulcer remedy
8. Rattan: Searching for the secret of sustainable rattan use
9. Seabuckthorn: International trade centre to come up in J&K (India)
10.Truffles: Giant field of rare black truffles in Poland
COUNTRY INFORMATION
11.Brazilian exports of honey increase by 1.7%
12.Bulgaria: President affirms Bulgaria’s forests as national symbol
13.Cuba to Plant 135 Million Trees
14.Ethiopia: Bamboo to join country’s export list
15.Fiji: Keeping tapa art alive
16.Indian herbal medicines look for global market
17.Liberia: Dr. Sawyer Addresses Green Advocates Lecture Series
18.Thailand: Bringing back the forests
19.Uganda: West Nile a hub for honey production
20.Uganda: Danida gives Sh2.4b for Forest Reserve
21.Uganda: 50 indigenous tree species restored in Mabira Forest
22.UK: Disease puts Christmas trees in danger
23.USA: Promising outlook for American Chestnut trees
24.Vietnam: Rare trees threatened nationwide
News
25.Biopiracy: Namibian Government to act against plant pirates
26.Student discovers Stone Age chewing gum
27.Trading goods in Cambodia and Lao
EVENTS
28.Stakeholders’ workshop on Wild Aromatic, Culinary and Medicinal Plants of Egypt
29.38th International Symposium on Essential Oils
30.4th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference
31.Enjoy and Protect our Forests
32.The 8th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas
33.18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference
LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES
34.Wild harvesting of aromatic and medicinal plants
35.Other publications of interest
36.Web sites and e-zines