Non-wood forest products 10/Rev.1 Tropical palms 2010 revision by Dennis V. Johnson

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Contents

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Foreword (Download - 655 KB)
Acknowledgements (Download - 655 KB)

1. Introduction (Download - 553 KB)
2. Historical role of palms in human culture (Download - 266 KB)
3. Current palm products (Download - 387 KB)
4. Asian region (Download - 702 KB)
5. Pacific Ocean region (Download - 123 KB)
6. Latin American region (Download - 410 KB)
7. African and the Western Indian ocean region (Download - 203 KB)
8. Palms with development potential (Download - 93 KB)
9. Composition and characteristics of selected palm products (Download - 158 KB)
10. References (Download - 143 KB)
11. Additional information sources (Download - 652 KB)
12. Palm specialist directory (Download - 69 KB)
13. The most threatened palms of the world: utilized and not utilized (Download - 619 KB)