World of Non-Wood Forest Products

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Issue of No. 08/07, 2007-08-10

• News
  1. Electronic Discussion on NWFPs
  2. Non-wood News
  3. Picking berries protects rain forests best, study shows
  4. UNEP launches 2010 Biodiversity initiative
• PRODUCTS
  5. Bamboo: Panda poop to be recycled into souvenirs
  6. Butterflies: East Africa feels the butterfly effect
  7. Butterflies: Kenyans sell butterflies to save rainforest
  8. Cinnamon helps fight against bird flu
  9. Cinnamon: Lower blood sugar levels by eating cinnamon
  10.Cork: Plastic, not axes, threatens cork forests
  11.Cork is still king, but wine lovers still swayed by taste
  12.Honey: Comvita manuka honey makes US breakthrough
  13.Karite: Breakthrough botanical for joint pain
  14.Medicinal plants: Fighting poverty with herbs and medicinal plants
  15.Medicinal plants: India sows the seeds while China reaps the harvest
  16.Moss plays important role in flood prevention
  17.Myrica gale: Two pints of bog myrtle and a packet of crisps, please…
  18.Truffles: Summer rain boosts UK truffle harvest
  19.Vitex donian: Baboons use contraceptives
• COUNTRY INFORMATION
  20.Brazil: Price of Brazil nuts plummets in Acre
  21.Cambodia promotes mulberry trees planting, silkworms feeding for silk production
  22.Canada: Maple syrup harvest bittersweet
  23.India: Over 400 native herbal plants on verge of extinction
  24.India: Exports sops elude herbal products
  25.Kenya: KEFRI wants ban on bamboo lifted
  26.Malaysia is taking steps to ensure that the trade in gaharu is sustainable
  27.Papua New Guinea: Manila Copal (Agathis lapillardieri)
  28.Paraguay: ‘Sweet herb’ may be green gold for Paraguay
  29.Uganda’s ‘sex tree’ under threat
  30.United States: Ginseng labelling act introduced in Congress
  31.Vanuatu defends its famous drink
  32.Vietnam: Salt-marsh forests threatened by illegal digging for impotence-curing worms
  33.Zimbabwe: The drug that’s got everyone talking
• EVENTS
  34.Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms
  35.International Conference on Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of traditional forest-related knowledge
• LITERATURE REVIEW AND WEB SITES
  36.Blogging Underutilized Species
  37.Rainforest Alliance online database now features more than 1,000 conservation projects in the Americas
  38.Other publications of interest
  39.Web sites and e-zines
• MISCELLANEOUS
  40.Can trees grow on Mars?
  41.Indian state plants 10 million trees in one day
  42.Join search for Wales’ ancient trees

(Cf. news of 2007-07-19, 2007-07-01 and 2007-04-24.)

Source

NWFP-Digest-L, 2007-08-10.

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