<br><font size=3><tt>Below is the full table of contents from this month's
FAO </tt></font><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Non Wood Forest Products
NWFP Digest</font><font size=3><tt>.</tt></font>
<br><font size=3><tt><br>
In order to reduce the file size, I included only the summaries for articles
concerning North American medicinal plants (or non timber forest products),
plus links to pertinent additional resources. These are marked by a double
asterisk in the table of contents. </tt></font>
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<br><font size=3><tt>The entire document is </tt></font><font size=3 face="sans-serif">available
on the FAO website at: <http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en/></font>
<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">-Patricia</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>IN THIS ISSUE</b>:</font>
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<br><a href=#product><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>PRODUCTS</u></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">1.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#one><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Acorns:
Cold snap could cause problems for hunters (USA)</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">2.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#two><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bamboo
in Bhutan: Using bamboo instead of wood</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">3.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#three><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bamboo:
Earthquake-proof houses are successfully test shaken at Colorado State
University</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">4.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#four><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bamboo
in India: Bamboo boost for Mizoram</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">5.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#five><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bamboo
in India: Fruits appear in bamboo bushes</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">6.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#six><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bamboo
in India: IGNOU offers certificate course on bamboo craft</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">7.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#seven><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bamboo
in the Philippines: Push for commercial bamboo production in Benguet</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">8.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#eight><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><i><u>Boswellia</u></i><u>
<i>serrata</u></i><u> extract scores well in COX-2 comparison</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">9.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#nine><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bushmeat:
Taking hunters to the zoo</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">10.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#ten><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Ginseng:
The first ginseng genome library established in China</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">11.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#eleven><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Lac
in India: Jaipur's lac industry is booming</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">12.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twelve><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Maple
syrup in Canada: Weather blamed for decline in maple syrup production</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">13.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirteen><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Maple
syrup in the USA: In maple sugar country, creeping fears about climate
change</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">14.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fourteen><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Maple
sugar in the USA: Maine law defines 'pure' maple syrup</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">15.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fifteen><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Medicinal
plants in Botswana: <i>Hoodia gordonii</u></i><u> a rare medicinal hope</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">16.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#sixteen><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Medicinal
plants in India: immense potential for export growth of herbal products</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">17.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#seventeen><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><i><u>Moringa
oleifera</u></i><u>: NGO develops local plant for water purification in
Nigeria</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">18.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#eighteen><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Moringa
to assist malnourished children in Ghana</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">19.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#nineteen><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Ramps:
Are ramps under threat? (WV, USA)</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">20.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twenty><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Sandalwood:
Kenyan President Kibaki prohibits trade in rare tree species</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">21.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyone><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Sandalwood:
India’s sandalwood raises stink in Nepal</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">22.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentytwo><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Seabuckthorn:
Synergistic Superfruit</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><a href=#COUNTRYINFO><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>COUNTRY
INFORMATION</u></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">23.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentythree><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Australia:
Firm gets green light to develop rainforest-based pharmaceuticals</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">24.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyfour><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bulgaria
produces 8,000 tons of honey, half of it is exported</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">25.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyfive><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Congo
(Democratic Republic): Greenpeace spotlights rainforest damage in DRC</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">26.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentysix><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Congo
(Republic): U.S. Developer to build hotels in Congo National Park</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">27.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyseven><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Guyana:
UK high commission donates money to GMTCS</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">28.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyeight><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>India:
Jharkhand to invest 151cr to upgrade sericulture production</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">29.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentynine><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>India:
Orissa weavers use dye of wild flower to colour handspun cloth</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">30.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirty><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Indonesia's
paradise lost - and regained</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">31.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtyone><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Iran
to improve medicinal herbs cultivation in 2007</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">32.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtytwo><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Malaysia:
Orang asli told to use their knowledge in jungle plants</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">33.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtythree><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Malaysia
pins hopes on herbal Viagra for biotech push</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">34.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtyfour><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Vietnam:
Medicinal herbs vanish in Son La</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><a href=#NEWS><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>NEWS</u></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">35.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtyfive><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>African
nations to make traditional medicine safer</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">36.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtysix><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>African
Women's Development Fund</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">37.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtyseven><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Cosmetics
au naturel ─ because they're worth a lot</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">38.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtyeight><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Rainforest
protection: New fund to conserve Congo Basin</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><a href=#RECENTEVENTS><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>EVENTS</u></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">39.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtynine><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Sharing
Indigenous Wisdom: An International Dialogue on Sustainable Development</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">40.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#forty><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>International
Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">41.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortyone><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>International
Congress on A Global Vision of Forestry in the 21st Century</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">42.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortytwo><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>The
Future of forests in Asia and the Pacific: outlook for 2020</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">43.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortythree><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>3rd
Global Summit on Medicinal and Aromatic plants</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><a href=#literature><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>LITERATURE
REVIEW AND WEB SITES</u></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">44.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortyfour><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bioprospecting:
Hands off our genes, say Pacific Islanders</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">45.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortyfive><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>PhD
publication</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">46.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#otherpubs><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Other
publications of interest</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">47.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#websites><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Web
sites and e-zines</u></font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><a href=#miscell><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>MISCELLANEOUS</u></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">48.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortyeight><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>China:
Pushing the sands back from Beijing</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">49.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortynine><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Costa
Rica: Collapse in biodiversity in protected Costa Rican rainforest</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">50.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fifty><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Uganda:
Poverty destroying forests, says Minister</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">51.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fiftyone><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Vaccination
could protect wild apes against ebola virus</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>1.
Acorns: Cold snap could cause problems for hunters (USA)</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Source: KAIT, Arkansas, USA, 14 April
2007</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Deer hunters around Pocahontas say many of
the trees are withering and their vegetation is dead. Thanks to a cold
snap that hit Northeast Arkansas last week much of spring’s green has
now turned to brown.</font>
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For Greg Mathews, an avid hunter, he knows the threat this could have on
wildlife. "I own some property north of town that I manage strictly
for the wildlife, and not having an acorn crop, it's going to be hard for
the deer and turkey to make it through the winter. I supplement feed, but
that's not going to be enough for this year," said Mathews.</font>
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Acorns produced by many of these withering trees provide vital nutrients
for animals like deer. "Acorns are the staple for wildlife. That's
what they count on every year is the nut crop. You have lean years, but
I don't think there's ever been a year where you have zero," said
Mathews.</font>
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He says the true effects of this cold snap on plant vegetation probably
won't be seen until later in the year, when deer hunting season begins.
"In order for the does to produce good fawns for the spring, they
are going to need some fat preserves. That's what the acorns do for the
deer," said Mathews.</font>
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Mathews says the forestry service is also surprised by the damage to trees.
However, there's always a first time for everything, and hunters are just
hoping for the best. "You can pretty well speculate that the deer
will be in stress by the time the winter is over without any nut crop at
all," said Mathews. The problems with vegetation will not affect the
current turkey season, but hunters could see the affects by deer hunting
season which begins in October. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For full story, please see: </font><a href="http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=6371028&nav=menu67_3"><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=6371028&nav=menu67_3</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>10.
Ginseng: The first ginseng genome library established in China</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Source: People's Daily Online, 15 March
2007</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">After years of study, Liu Shuying and her
team at the Institute of Applied Chemistry under the Chinese Academy of
Sciences have established the first ginseng genome library in China. Including
holographic material and genetic data, this library is another step forward
in the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine. </font>
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Jilin province in China's northeast currently produces 80 percent of all
ginseng in China, and 60 percent of ginseng available on the world market.
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>12.
Maple syrup in Canada: Weather blamed for decline in maple syrup production
</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Source: Peterborough Examiner, Canada,
16 April 2007 </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b> </b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For local maple syrup producers, the sound
of sap dripping into a tin bucket is usually a sure sign of spring. But
this year, those sounds have been few and far between. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">
Across much of Ontario and parts of Quebec, syrup crops have been cut in
half, local producer Brenda Steed said. Prime sap production needs cold
nights of about –5 C and warm days above the freezing mark. The past month
has either been too warm or too cold, Steed said. "It’s been a tough
spring. A lot of people are getting hit hard especially if maple syrup
is your only crop," she said. </font>
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For those attending the annual maple syrup day at the Peterborough Farmer’s
Market Saturday, that meant paying more for a bottle of sweet local syrup.
Most bottles, depending on the size, cost a dollar more than they did last
year. </font>
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Robert Wagner was on hand selling the syrup he makes on his farm just south
of Stony Lake. He agreed it has been a rough year. "It’s an unusual
season, but as a farmer you learn to live with what nature presents us
with from time to time," he said. </font>
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While the poor sap flow will hurt the bottom line of his spring cash crop,
Wagner said he doesn’t do it for the money. "If you did it for profit,
you shouldn’t go through the trouble," he said. "You do it because
it’s a way of life. It’s a challenge and it’s rewarding to see the first
farm crop of the season."</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For full story, please see: </font><a href="http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=487749&catname=Local%20News&classif=News%20-%20Local"><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=487749&catname=Local%20News&classif=News%20-%20Local</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>13.
Maple syrup in the USA: In maple sugar country, creeping fears about climate
change</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Source: Associated Press, 1 April 2007
(in</b> <b>Boston Globe, USA)</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">SHARON, Vt. --Maple sugar maker Arthur Berndt
has 16,000 maple trees on his Maverick Farm, but he worries about their
future. He says branches are dying, trees aren't regenerating as well as
they once did and yield less syrup than he expects, given his equipment
and technology. He believes climate change may be to blame. "The long-term
effects are that sugarmaking in Vermont will become a thing of the past
if left unchecked," said Berndt,</font>
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He sees a grim scenario for the future of the nation's No. 1 producer of
maple syrup. The state, which has an estimated 500 million sugar maples,
has about 2,000 sugar makers who produce about 500,000 gallons of syrup
a year. It's a key part of Vermont's economy -- and its image.</font>
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"When you think about all the other sugar makers in Vermont who depend
on maple syrup for some of their income," Berndt said. "That's
not going to be available to them in 20, 30, 50 years if we don't change
things. And Vermont will not have the cache it once had, with people visiting
sugar houses, so it will have an effect on tourism as well."</font>
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Berndt, who is also an environmental activist, has taken his concerns about
global warming to federal court. He has joined a lawsuit filed by environmental
groups Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace and four U.S. cities including
Boulder, Colo. They are suing the Overseas Private Investment Corp. and
the Export-Import Bank for helping to fund overseas power plants, which
they say contributes to global warming.</font>
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In the 20 years since Berndt and his wife bought Maverick Farm, they've
noticed a change. The maple trees, some already stressed by acid rain,
have new challenges, such as pests he believes are linked to warming climate.
He fears the maple will move north and other trees, such as hickory, oak
and ash will prosper.</font>
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Many sugar makers who rely on freezing nights and thawing days have noticed
a shift in the weather. Mild winters have prompted sap to flow in February
and sometimes as early as January. "Traditionally, in the old days,
you wouldn't ever get a February run," said Blaine Moore, who works
for Berndt and grew up on the land. "You look at the old sugar maker
records and April was when you made the syrup. Now, the last three years,
we hardly made any in April."</font>
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A study by the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center has
found that the sugaring season is three days shorter than it was in the
1940s. That doesn't sound like much, but for a product with a 30-day season,
it's a 10 percent reduction.</font>
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And the season is starting about a week early in many places.</font>
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This year was different. After an unusually warm January, cold delayed
sugaring until mid-March, which is later than usual in Vermont.</font>
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"That's not at all inconsistent with global change," said Timothy
Perkins, director of the research center. "We expect to have higher
variability than we've had in the past." In an ongoing study, the
center is assessing the impact of climate change on the maple industry.
"Now we've lost 10 percent of the season, but people don't really
notice it much. But at some point there will be reductions in yield,"
Perkins said.</font>
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But so far, so good with Vermont's season, according to Tim Wilmot, a University
of Vermont Extension maple specialist. "Right now, we're just dealing
with the weather we have, and it's no different than any other year. Yes,
it was quite warm in December and January. But now the weather is behaving
like it always does. It's up and down. We could get a snowstorm anyday,"
Wilmot said.</font>
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Not everyone believes climate change is taking a toll.</font>
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"In farming, you talk to 10 different farmers and you'll get 10 different
stories with 10 different grumbles," said David Knappett, owner of
Maple Orchard Farms of Canada, Inc., in Bracebridge, Ont., which buys syrup
from farmers and finishes it. "I don't think, as of yet, that any
climate change has affected maple production."</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For full story, please see: </font><a href=http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/04/01/in_maple_sugar_country_creeping_fears_about_climate_change/><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/04/01/in_maple_sugar_country_creeping_fears_about_climate_change/</u></font></a>
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Maple sugar in the USA: Maine: Law defines 'pure' maple syrup</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">As Maine's maple sugar season wound down,
Gov. John Baldacci signed legislation to clarify the legal definition of
"pure maple syrup" to help consumers decide whether they're getting
the real thing.</font>
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The new law sets standards on how much sugar must be in syrup in order
for it to be considered pure. It took effect immediately upon the governor's
signature Monday.</font>
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The bill was advanced by the Maine Maple Producers. The Maine Farm Bureau
said the new standard helps to protect Maine's maple syrup industry.</font>
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Maple sugar producers say that if there's too much sugar in syrup, it can
crystallize shortly after sale. The new law helps to ensure that when someone
buys "pure maple syrup," that's what they're getting.</font>
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Vermont, the nation's No. 1 maple syrup producer, has rules similar to
Maine's new standard. Maine is the nation's second-largest maple syrup
producer.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For full story, please see: </font><a href=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O9VOD00.htm><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8O9VOD00.htm</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>19.
Ramps: Are ramps under threat? (WV, USA)</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Source: AP in CFRC Weekly Summary 12 April
2007</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Demand for ramps from celebrity chefs, avant-garde
restaurateurs and avid foodies has some experts worried for the future
of the pungent wild leeks grown in the hills of Appalachia. </font>
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“[Ramps are] becoming harder to find in many areas because they’ve become
so popular and people frequent all the festivals that are held in their
honour,’’ said Jeanine Davis, an associate professor of horticulture
at North Carolina State University who focuses on specialty crops like
ramps. </font>
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Davis said the increase in popularity over the years means that chic big-city
eateries and their adventurous chefs are vying for the bulbs but “very
few people are producing these commercially.’’ </font>
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Ramps look much like a spring onion or a scallion, with flat green leaves
protruding from a white onion-like bulb. Their flavour and smell, which
is said to linger on the breath and skin for days after being eaten, is
powerful and garlic-like. </font>
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A group in Chicago recently hosted a $65-a-plate ramp dinner, considerably
higher than the $6 to $10 dinners found in most parts of West Virginia
every spring. </font>
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Although ramps are harvested in the spring, the plants are not mature enough
to produce seeds for replanting until autumn. Many foragers who find ramps
growing wild in March or April don’t return to sow new seeds in September
or October, Davis said. </font>
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Norene Facemire and her husband own one of the few ramp farms in the country,
Ramp Farm Specialties in Richwood. She says that areas off the main roads
are pretty well dug up, but ramps are still abundant in the mountains.
Her 50-acre farm supplies ramps to individuals and restaurants all across
the country. She added that she’s not concerned about a lack of ramps
in the ground in West Virginia, although the recent cold and 12 inches
of snow in the Richwood area have made it tough to harvest their plants.
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Janet Fisher, deputy commissioner for the state Department of Agriculture,
said ramps are still abundant in the eastern and northeastern parts of
the state. </font>
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The ramp plant takes three years to mature to the stage where it’s edible,
and two more years before it begins bearing seed for reproduction. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For full story, please see: </font><a href="http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refid=98076"><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.forestrycenter.org/headlines.cfm?refid=98076</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>37.
Cosmetics au naturel ─ because they're worth a lot</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Source: The Guardian, London, 12 April
2007 (in Taipei Times)</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">When L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetic
company, bought the Body Shop little more than a year ago, industry observers
reacted with shock as a small, ethical brand was gobbled up by a huge multinational.
They represent polar opposites of the US$197 billion global beauty industry.
But a year later it has become clear that the US$1.3 billion acquisition
was the start of something new at L'Oreal — the group has taken a leaf
out of Body Shop's book and has decided to go natural. </font>
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Once the preserve of a few hippies, the natural cosmetics phenomenon has
gradually migrated into the mainstream and is now a booming market. Sales
are only one percent of the global beauty market. But it is growing at
15 percent to 20 percent a year, and all the big cosmetic firms have started
paying attention. </font>
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As cosmetics containing shea butter pop up on more and more Western supermarket
shelves, little do buyers realize that sales of this age-old beauty-boosting
nut are helping legions of African women feed their children and send them
to school.</font>
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Retailers have also caught on. Just as they adjusted to the growing demand
for organic food, supermarkets are moving into the natural cosmetic market,
with Tesco in Britain launching its own personal care range called Bnatural.
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Jean-Paul Agon, chief executive of L'Oreal, said as much at the company's
annual results this year: "2006 marked the group's entry more than
ever into the natural market. It is a market in full development in the
whole world." The group's acquisition of Sanoflore, a French organic
products company, in October only served to reinforce that. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">For full story, please see: </font><a href=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/04/12/2003356385><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/04/12/2003356385</u></font></a>
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2006. Human body-mass index (weight in kg/stature in m<sup>2</sup>) as
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in poor rural societies. <i>Biodivers. Conserv.</i> 15(14):4495-4506</font>
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Resources. Holualoa, Hawaii.</font>
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