<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">Hello All! </font>
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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">The NWFP Digests for August and September
2007 are posted at: </font><font size=3 color=blue face="Arial"><u>www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en</u></font>
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<br><font size=3 face="sans-serif">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.
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Excerpts from NWFP-Digest-L </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">No. 8/07</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">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: </font><a href=http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en target=_blank><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en</u></font></a><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">.
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">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:
</font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=seDkfbMexAiy35iUOvb3uQ_3d_3d"><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=seDkfbMexAiy35iUOvb3uQ_3d_3d</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">.
Thank you!</font>
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<br><a href=#NEWS><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>NEWS</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>Electronic
Discussion on NWFPs</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><i>2.</i></font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><i>
</i></font><a href=#two><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><i><u>Non-wood
New</u></i></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<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>Picking
berries protects rain forests best, study shows</u></font></a>
<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>UNEP
launches 2010 Biodiversity initiative</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><a href=#product><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>PRODUCTS</u></b></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">5.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#five><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Bamboo:
Panda poop to be recycled into souvenirs</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>Butterflies:
East Africa feels the butterfly effect</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>Butterflies:
Kenyans sell butterflies to save rainforest</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"><u>Cinnamon
helps fight against bird flu</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>Cinnamon:
Lower blood sugar levels by eating cinnamon</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>Cork:
Plastic, not axes, threatens cork forests</u></font></a>
<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>Cork
is still king, but wine lovers still swayed by taste</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>Honey:
Comvita manuka honey makes US breakthrough</u></font></a>
<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>Karite:
Breakthrough botanical for joint pain</u></font></a>
<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>Medicinal
plants: Fighting poverty with herbs and medicinal plants</u></font></a>
<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: India sows the seeds while China reaps the harvest</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>Moss
plays important role in flood prevention</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<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>Myrica
gale</u></i><u>: Two pints of bog myrtle and a packet of crisps, please...</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>Truffles:
Summer rain boosts UK truffle harvest</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<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"><i><u>Vitex
donian: </u></i><u>Baboons use contraceptives</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">20.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twenty><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Brazil:
Price of Brazil nuts plummets in Acre</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>Cambodia
promotes mulberry trees planting, silkworms feeding for silk production</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>Canada:
Maple syrup harvest bittersweet</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<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>India:
Over 400 native herbal plants on verge of extinction</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>India:
Exports sops elude herbal products</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>Kenya:
KEFRI wants ban on bamboo lifted</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>Malaysia
is taking steps to ensure that the trade in gaharu is sustainable</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>Papua
New Guinea: Manila Copal (<i>Agathis lapillardieri</u></i><u>)</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>Paraguay:
'Sweet herb' may be green gold for Paraguay</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>Uganda's
'sex tree' under threat</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>United
States: Ginseng labelling act introduced in Congress</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</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>Vanuatu
defends its famous drink</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<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>Vietnam:
Salt-marsh forests threatened by illegal digging for impotence-curing worms</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>Zimbabwe:
The drug that's got everyone talking</u></font></a>
<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">34.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtyfour><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Poverty
Reduction and Forests: Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms</u></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>International
Conference on Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles
of traditional forest-related knowledge</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<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">36.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtysix><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Blogging
Underutilized Species</u></font></a>
<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>Rainforest
Alliance online database now features more than 1,000 conservation projects
in the Americas</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">38.</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><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b>
</b></font><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Vellak,
K., Vellak, A., and Ingerpuu, N.</b> 2007. Reasons for moss rarity: study
in three neighbouring countries. <i>Biol. Conserv.</i> 135(3):360-368.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">39.</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=3 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">40.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#forty><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Can
trees grow on Mars?</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>Indian
state plants 10 million trees in one day</u></font></a>
<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>Join
search for Wales’ ancient trees</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>
</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Excerpts from NWFP-Digest-L </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">No. 9/07</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">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: </font><a href=http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en target=_blank><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en</u></font></a><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">.
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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>Bamboo-fibre
goods to set new fashion trends</u></font></a>
<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
for housing construction</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>Cinnamon:
Study finds mixed results of cinnamon's therapeutic effects</u></font></a>
<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>Medicinal
plants: Poultry farmers in Uganda take on herbs to control diseases</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>Medicinal
plants used in organic clothing line</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<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"><i><u>Moringa
oleifera</u></i><u>: The lowly malunggay takes center stage in the Philippines</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>Pine
needles: Biotech finds pine needle ulcer remedy</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"><u>Rattan:
Searching for the secret of sustainable rattan use</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<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>Seabuckthorn:
International trade centre to come up in J&K (India)</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>Truffles:
Giant field of rare black truffles in Poland</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">11.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#eleven><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Brazilian
exports of honey increase by 1.7%</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>Bulgaria:
President affirms Bulgaria’s forests as national symbol</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</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>Cuba
to Plant 135 Million Trees</u></font></a>
<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>Ethiopia:
Bamboo to join country’s export list</u></font></a>
<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>Fiji:
Keeping tapa art alive</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>Indian
herbal medicines look for global market</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"><u>Liberia:
Dr. Sawyer Addresses Green Advocates Lecture Series</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>Thailand:
Bringing back the forests</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<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>Uganda:
West Nile a hub for honey production</u></font></a>
<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>Uganda:
Danida gives Sh2.4b for Forest Reserve</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>Uganda:
50 indigenous tree species restored in Mabira Forest</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>UK:
Disease puts Christmas trees in danger</u></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>USA:
Promising outlook for American Chestnut trees</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<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>Vietnam:
Rare trees threatened nationwide</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">25.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyfive><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Biopiracy:
Namibian Government to act against plant pirates</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>Student
discovers Stone Age chewing gum</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>Trading
goods in Cambodia and Lao</u></font></a>
<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">28.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyeight><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Stakeholders’
workshop on Wild Aromatic, Culinary and Medicinal Plants of Egypt</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>38th
International Symposium on Essential Oils</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<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>4th
International Medicinal Mushroom Conference</u></font></a><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</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>Enjoy
and Protect our Forests</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>The
8th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas</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>18<sup>th</sup>
Commonwealth Forestry Conference</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">34.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtyfour><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Wild
harvesting of aromatic and medicinal plants</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">35.</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><font size=3 face="sans-serif">**</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Belcher, B. and Schreckenberg, K</b>.
2007. Commercialisation of Non-Timber Forest Products: A Reality
Check. <i>Development Policy Review</i> 25 (3): 355-377.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">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.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Jones, Eric T. and Lynch, Kathryn A. </b>2007.
Nontimber forest products and biodiversity management in the Pacific Northwest.
<i>Forest Ecology and Management</i> 246, 29–37.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">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.</font>
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</font><a href=#websites><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Web
sites and e-zines</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><u>Cropwatch</u></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Cropwatch is an independent watchdog for
Endangered & Vulnerable Natural Aromatic Products used in the aroma
(perfumes, flavours, aromatherapy, cosmetics), herbal, traditional medicine
& phytochemical industries.</font>
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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. </font>
<br><a href=http://www.cropwatch.org/index.htm><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>http://www.cropwatch.org/index.htm</u></font></a>
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