World of Non-Wood Forest Products

The NWFP-Digest-L is an on-line journal of the FAO. It is focusing on issues of note in the world of Non-Wood Forest Products.

Issue of No. 04/07, 2007-03-29

PRODUCTS
1. Artemisia annua: WHO publishes guidelines on cultivating essential plant used in anti-malaria medicines
2. Bamboo: Dry skin finds relief with nature’s new miracle fiber
3. Bamboo: Botanists Identify new species of North American bamboo
4. Bamboo: Three pulp mills are to be constructed in Ethiopia
5. Bark: Tree bark extract shows promise against retinoblastoma
6. Bushmeat in the USA: Illegal bushmeat trade thriving in bay area
7. Camu camu fruit exports from Peru increased 134.5%
8. Cinnamon: Studies show cinnamon may help fight against Type 2 diabetes
9. Cork: Major cork suppliers back South African Cork Council
10. Cork: Why screwtop wine could spell bad eco news
11. Edible insects in China caught on tape
12. Gum arabic: CNI launches functional, nutritional texturiser
13. Honey in Australia: Beekeepers enjoy massive honey harvest
14. Sandalwood: Two arrested in Kenya with Sh10 million rare wood
15. Truffle: Man finds way to grow famed French truffle in East Tennessee, USA
COUNTRY INFORMATION
16. Armenia Tree Project receives $100,000 grant to partner with Yale University
17. Bangladesh: commercial cultivation of Jatropha curcas L. for diesel oil
18. Brunei: Rainforest protection requires global effort
19. Bulgaria: Parliament approves Biodiversity Bill on first reading
20. Bulgarian Health Ministry demands information about import of all kinds of nuts
21. China moves to protect traditional knowledge
22. Cuba: Camagüey boosts bamboo plantations
23. Ethiopia: Biodiversity Conservation Institute striving to utilize, conserve medicinal plants
24. Fiji: Turning bamboo into wealth
25. India: boost to bamboo cultivation
26. Peru creates online biodiversity register
27. Tanzania: Bamboo a potential saviour of poor kids
NEWS
28. Africa losing forest faster than any other continent
29. Bees for Development Beekeepers’ Safaris
30. Biodiversity ‘fundamental’ to economics
31. Biodiversity and Climate Change: International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007
32. FAO Committee on Forestry
33. Rwanda to host International Biodiversity Conference
34. The Republic of Korea joins Japan to support an FAO forestry project for the first time
EVENTS
35. 2007 Bamboo Study Tour
36. Ginseng & Goldenseal Workshop
37. 10th North American Agroforestry Conference
38. The role of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation
39. International Summer School “Forestry Markets and Society”
40. The First Regional Scientific Conference on Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine
41. Scientific framework of environmental and forest governance — The role of discourses and expertise
42. International Conference to Promote the Development of Non-Timber Forest Products and Services
REQUESTS
43. Request for contributions to the next issue of Non-wood News
44. Call for expressions of interest: Forests, trees and human health and well-being
45. Call for grant applications from indigenous peoples’ organizations and their communities
46. Request for information on forest monitoring by local communities
LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES
47. State of the World’s Forests 2007
48. Traditional medicine of the Marshall Islands: the women, the plants, the treatments
49. Other publications of interest
50. Web sites and e-zines
MISCELLANEOUS
51. Amazon rainforest does have rainy and dry seasons
52. Billion Tree Campaign gets pledges totalling 562M trees since January
53. Nicaragua: Birds of El Jagua
54. Wildlife groups urge China to keep tiger trade ban