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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>Bamboo:
Researchers lead way to medical bamboo fabric</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
buzz</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
kitchen cloth launched</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>Bamboo
in Bangladesh: Steps needed to flourish bamboo handicraft sector</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: $2 m bamboo project for N-E launched</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 Kenya: Plans to turn bamboo into money maker for farmers</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>Berries:
Indian berries may fight dengue mosquitoes</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>Berries:
Studies show goji berries are among the most nutritious foods on the planet</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>Cork:
Wine makers now prefer aluminium caps over corks</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:
Major ginseng research program</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>Gum
Arabic: Pectin replaces gum arabic for better beverage stability: study</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>Medicinal
plants in India: Indian herbal market to grow by 20%</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>Medicinal
plants: Medicinal knowledge related to Diabetes Type II</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>Moringa
in Kenya: Farmers eye indigenous tree to boost their income</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>Moringa
in the Philippines: RP biotech firm to sell moringa oil to US</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>Sandalwood
oil deal with Lush (UK)</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>Sandalwood:
Fresh bid to check sandalwood smuggling in India</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>Shea
butter in Ghana:<b> </u></b><u>312 women train in shea butter production</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>Shea
butter in Nigeria: NSG grants tax relief to investors</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>Stevia:
Innovation still driving force for additives</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">21.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#twentyone><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Brazil:
Human impacts on primate conservation in central Amazonia</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<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
must adapt to climate impact on forests</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>China:
Chinese biofuel 'could endanger biodiversity</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">'</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>Ghana:
Traditional medicine practitioners meet On HIV/Aids</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>India:
UP tribals demand forest rights</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>Ireland:
Felling debate</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>Malaysia:
Orang Asli couple happy with income from wild plants</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>Namibia:
San medicine could be hijacked - study</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>Netherlands:
Mushroom varieties disappear</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>Tanzania:
Fruits of the Soil</u></font></a>
<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>Uganda:
UK project to boost honey</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>Vietnam:
Anti-cancer pines virtually wiped out</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 color=blue 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">33.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#thirtythree><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Call
for Nominations: Equator Prize 2008</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<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>Indigenous
peoples of Congo map their forests with GPS in an effort to save them</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
Alliance will unite the forest peoples of the world</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Arial">
</font>
<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>International
Fellowships available at the World Forest Institute, USA</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>Putting
a value on rainforests</u></font></a>
<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>Tapping
biotechnology vs. cancer</u></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>Trade
is virtual but the wildlife isn’t</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>
<div>
<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>Revolutionising
the Global Indian Sandalwood (<i>Santalum album</u></i><u>) Supply</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>2008
Training Course on Bamboo Technologies for Developing Countries</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>2008
Global Katoomba Meeting: Developing an Infrastructure Fund for the Planet</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>First
World Congress of Environmental History 2009</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><a href=#requests><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><b><u>REQUESTS</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>Request
for information: foliage</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">45.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortyfive><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Community-based
Ecological Monitoring – Manual for Practitioners</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">46.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortysix><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Doctoral
thesis on spice-crop agroforestry systems</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">47.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fortyseven><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><i><u>Microfinance
and forest-based small-scale enterprises </u></i><u>– Arabic version</u></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>Zimbabwe:
Book provides vital data on biodiversity</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">49.</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">50.</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>
<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">51.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fifyone><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Conservation
areas 'neglected' under current efforts</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">52.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fiftytwo><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>“Mountains
and People” Global Digital Photo Contest</u></font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">53.</font><font size=1 face="Times New Roman">
</font><a href=#fiftythree><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><u>Swedish
tree may be world's oldest</u></font></a>
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