[MPWG] Fw: NWFP-Digests-L 8/07 and 9/07
Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Wed Sep 26 13:19:14 CDT 2007
Hello All!
The NWFP Digests for August and September 2007 are posted at:
www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en
Below are the table of contents for both months, with items relevant to
medicinal plant in North America. I encourage you to visit their website
to view these and other articles.
-Patricia
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Excerpts from NWFP-Digest-L
No. 8/07
Welcome to FAO’s NWFP-Digest-L, 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.
Readers are invited to contribute to a brief evaluation of some of the
on-line products of FAO and partners on Non-Wood Forest Products, Wood
Energy, Forest Harvesting and Environmental Impact Assessments. Please
would you take a few minutes to complete a short survey:
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=seDkfbMexAiy35iUOvb3uQ_3d_3d. Thank you!
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NEWS
1. Electronic Discussion on NWFPs
2. Non-wood New**
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**
Vellak, K., Vellak, A., and Ingerpuu, N. 2007. Reasons for
moss rarity: study in three neighbouring countries. Biol. Conserv.
135(3):360-368.
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
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Excerpts from NWFP-Digest-L
No. 9/07
Welcome to FAO’s NWFP-Digest-L, 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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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**
Belcher, B. and Schreckenberg, K. 2007. Commercialisation of Non-Timber
Forest Products: A Reality Check. Development Policy Review 25 (3):
355-377.
This article challenges the pervasive view that commercialisation of
non-timber forest products can (easily) achieve ecosystem and species
conservation as well as improving livelihoods. Following a brief review of
who and what is involved, it focuses on the main ecological and livelihood
risks of unconsidered promotion of NTFP commercialisation, drawing on a
wide range of case studies from around the world. It concludes with some
recommendations, emphasising the lack of “magic-bullet” products, and the
importance – among other things – of not ignoring national policy, taking
an integrated view of the value chain, considering the implications of
different production options, and improving both quality and quantity.
Jones, Eric T. and Lynch, Kathryn A. 2007. Nontimber forest products and
biodiversity management in the Pacific Northwest. Forest Ecology and
Management 246, 29–37.
Abstract: Nontimber forest product harvesting in the Pacific Northwest is
neither a new activity nor a disappearing relic of the pre-industrial era.
Though the emphasis may have shifted from subsistence to commercial and
recreational pursuits, harvesting and harvesters of wild species are still
widespread throughout the region. Hundreds of businesses and thousands of
harvesters earn part or all of their income from the harvests. Every year
thousands of pounds and hundreds of nontimber forest products valued in
the hundreds of millions of dollars are harvested from regional public and
private forests. This harvesting of a large diversity of species
represents a considerable subset of the overall terrestrial biodiversity
in Pacific Northwest forests. Despite widespread extraction, little
investment in research, planning, or basic inventorying and monitoring has
been done on nontimber forest products. Without better information, land
managers will be increasingly unable to make informed decisions on how to
manage nontimber forest product biodiversity sustainably as demand for
products increases.
36. Web sites and e-zines
Cropwatch
Cropwatch is an independent watchdog for Endangered & Vulnerable Natural
Aromatic Products used in the aroma (perfumes, flavours, aromatherapy,
cosmetics), herbal, traditional medicine & phytochemical industries.
Information on commodities from natural aromatic products
found in trade magazines, and learned journals and the reports of both
government & non-governmental bodies can often be biased towards the
interests of industry. Information provided to Cropwatch, is forwarded by
a number of academics, researchers, industry professionals, trade and
ethnic peoples, all of whom have primary concerns for the environment.
http://www.cropwatch.org/index.htm
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