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Adger, W.N., Brown, K., Cervigni, R. & Moran, D. 1995. Total economic value of forests in Mexico. Ambio, 24(5): 286-296.

Ahmed, S. 1995. The multiple uses of the pesticide tree. CERES, 27(5): 4-6.

Amazon Cooperation Treaty. 1994. Los recursos fitogenéticos de cultivos alimenticios y frutales amazónicos. Lima, Pro tempore Secretariat.

Anon. 1994. Proceedings of a national seminar on non-timber forest products: medicinal and aromatic plants. Jointly organized by the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation and Herbs Production and Processing Co. Ltd, Kathmandu, Nepal, 11-12 September 1994.

Anon. 1995a. Bamboo/rattan worldwide. INBAR Newsletter, 3(1): 8-13.

Anon. 1995b. Marketing of multipurpose tree products in Asia. Proceedings of an international workshop, Baguio City, the Philippines, 6-9 December 1993. APAN Publication.

Bajaj, M. & Williams, J.T. 1995. Healing forests, healing people. Report of a workshop on medicinal plants, Calicut, India, 6-8 February 1995. New Delhi, IDRC.

Banik, R.L. 1995. A manual for vegetative propagation of bamboos. INBAR Techncial Report No. 6. New Delhi, INBAR/FORTIP/BFRI.

Baser, K.H.C., ed. 1995. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Flavours, Fragrances and Essential Oils, Instanbul, Turkey, 15-19 October 1995. Vols 1, 2 and 3. Eskisehir, Turkey.

Baser, K.H.C. & Güler, N., eds. 1993. Proceedings of an International Conference on Essential Oils for Perfumery and Flavours, Antalya, Turkey, 26-30 May 1990.

Belcher, B. 1995. Bamboo and rattan production-to-consumption systems: a framework for assessing development options. INBAR Working Paper No. 4. New Delhi, INBAR.

Berke, P.R. & Beatley, T. 1995. Sustaining Jamaica forest: the protected areas resources conservation project. Environ. Management, 19(4): 527-545.

Berriane, M. 1995. Tourism development and urbanization of the Mediterranean coast and environment. MEDIT, 6(2): 19-27.

Bingöl, F. & Sener, B. 1995. A review of terrestrial plants and marine organisms having anti-inflammatory activity. Int. J. Pharmacognosy, 33(2): 81-97.

Bourobou, H & Posso, P. 1995. A general survey on the importance of wild fruit trees in northeastern Gabon. Nature et Faune, 11(3).

Cesaro, L., Linddal, M. & Pettenella, D. 1995. The economic role of non-wood forest products and services in rural development. MEDIT, 6(2): 28-34.

Chatterjee, N. 1995. Social forestry in environmentally degraded regions of India: case study of the Mayurakshi Basin. Environ. Conservation, 22(1): 20-30.

Clay, J.W. 1995. Generating income and conserving resources: twenty lessons from the field. Washington, DC, World Wide Fund for Nature.

Clüsener-Godt, M. & Sachs, I., eds. 1994. Extractivism in the Brazilian Amazon: perspectives on regional development. MAB Digest, 18. Paris, UNESCO.

Cook, F.E.M. 1995. Economic botany data collection standard. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. 146 pp.

Coppen, J.J.W. 1995. Prospects for new gum naval stores production in sub-Sahelian Africa: an assessment of the pine resources in Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda and their suitability for production of turpentine and rosin. London, UK, Natural Resources Institute and ODA.

Cox, P.A. 1995. Conservation: indigenous peoples and medicinal plants. Paper presented at a conference on biodiversity and human health, Washington, DC, 3-4 April. Bethesda, MD, USA, National Institute of Health.

Crucible Group. 1994. Peoples, plants and patents: the impact of intellectual property on trade, plant biodiversity and rural society. Ottawa, IDRC. 100 pp.

Dantas de Araujo, F. 1995. A review of Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae) - an economically valuable species of the central Brazilian Cerrados. Econ. Bot., 49(1): 40-48.

Dove, M. 1995. Political versus techno-economic factors in the development of non-timber forest products: lessons from a comparison of natural and cultivated rubbers in Southeast Asia (and South America). Society and Natural Resources, 8: 193-208.

Dransfied, S. & Widjaja, E.A., eds. Plant resources of Southeast Asia: bamboos. Leiden, the Netherlands, Backhuys Publishers.

Durriappah, A.K. 1994. A state-of-the- art review on the socio-economics of the bamboo and rattan sector in Southeast Asia. INBAR Working Paper No. 1. New Delhi, INBAR. 31 pp.

Durst, P. & Bishop, A., eds. 1995. Beyond timber: social, economic and cultural dimensions of non-wood forest products in Asia and the Pacific. Proceedings of a regional expert consultation, 28 November-2 December 1994. Bangkok, FAO/RAP.

DVL/OS. 1995. Diversidad biológica. Servicio de Información sobre la Cooperación al Desarrollo. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores. Países Bajos.

Estrella, E. 1995. Plantas medicinales amazónicas: realidades y perspectivas. Amazon Cooperation Treaty, Pro tempore Secretariat, Lima.

FAO. 1995. Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and Tuvalu: a review of uses and status of tree and forests in land-use systems for recommendations for future actions. Part 1 and annotated checklist of important agroforestry species of Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Part 2. South Pacific Forestry Development Programme. Rome.

FAO/RLAC. 1995. Desarrollo de productos forestales no madereros en América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago, Chile.

Foster, S. 1995. Forest pharmacy: medicinal plants in American forests. Forest History Society. 64 pp.

Fox, J., Donovan, D., & De Coursey, M. 1995. Voices from the field. Sixth workshop on community management of forest lands. Honolulu, Hawaii, East-West Center.

Gnanaharan, R., Janssen, J.J.A. & Arce, O. 1995. Bending strength of Guadua bamboo: comparison of different testing procedures. INBAR Working Paper No. 3. New Delhi, INBAR. 24 pp.

González-Tejero, M.R., Martínez-Lirola, M.J., Casares-Porcel, M. & Molero-Mesa, J. 1995. Three lichens used in popular medicine in eastern Andalucia (Spain). Econ. Bot. 49(1): 96-98.

González-Tejero, M.R., Molero-Mesa, J., Casares-Porcel, M. & Martínez-Lirola, M.J. 1995. New contributions to the ethnopharmacology of Spain. J. Ethnopharmacology, 45(3): 157-165.

Grifo, F. 1995. Biodiversity conservation: incentives from biomedicine and biotechnology. Interciencia, 20(4): 188-193.

Hall, I., Brown, G., Byars, J. & Dimas, N. 1994. The black truffle. Christchurch, New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Ltd.

Hersch-Martinez, P. 1995. Commercialization of wild medicinal plants from southwest Puebla, Mexico. Econ. Bot., 49(2): 197-206.

Herzog, F., Farah, Z. & Amadò, R. 1995. Chemical composition and nutritional significance of wines from the Elaeis guineensis and Borassus aethiopum in the V-Baoulé, Côte d'Ivoire. Trop. Sci., 35(1): 30-39.

Hobbs, C. 1994/95. Medicinal mushrooms. Santa Cruz, California, USA, Botanica Press.

Hussain, M.J. & Doane, D.L. 1995. Socio-ecological determinants of land degradation and rural poverty in northeast Thailand. Environ. Conservation, 22(1): 44-50.

Hyman, E.L. 1995. Assisting small-scale producers of non-timber forest products through a subsector approach. Washington, DC, Appropriate Technology International. (draft)

IFPRI. Proceedings of a Workshop on Non-Timber Tree Products (NTTP) Market Research, 12-14 December 1994, Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Washington DC, International Food Policy Research Institute. (in press)

INBAR. 1995. Constraints to production of bamboo and rattan. Report of a consultative meeting cosponsored by INBAR and Khoday Biotek, Bangalore, 9-13 May 1994. INBAR Technical Report No. 5. New Delhi, INBAR. 245 pp.

Janssen, J.J.A., Boughton, G., Adkoli, N.S., Ranjan, M.P., Sastry, C.B., Ganapathy, P.M., Rao, I.V.R., Ghavami, K. & Ravindran, K. (no date). Bamboo as an engineering material: an annotated bibliography. Singapore, IDRC, INBAR.

Jensen, O.H. & Balslev, H. 1995. Ethnobotany of the fiber palm Astrocaryum chambira (Arecaceae) in Amazonian Ecuador. Econ. Bot., 49(3): 309-319.

Juste, J., Fa, J.E., Perez del Val, J. & Castroviejo, J. 1995. Market dynamics of bushmeat species in Equatorial Guinea. J. Applied Ecol., 32: 454-467.

Ketsa, S., Klaewkasetkorn, O. & Kosottrakul, M. 1995. Seasonal changes in fruit quality of rambutans in retail markets in Thailand. Trop. Sci., 35(3): 240-244.

King, S.R. & Carlson, T.J. 1995. Biocultural diversity, biomedicine and ethnobothany: the experience of Shaman pharmaceuticals. Interciencia, 20(4): 134-139.

Lampietti, J.A. & Dixon, J.A. 1995. To see the forest for the trees: a guide to non-timber benefits. Environment Department Paper No. 13. Washington, DC, World Bank.

Leakey, R.R.B. Domestication potential of Prunus africana (Pygeum) in sub-Saharan Africa. UNESCO/UNEP workshop on biodiversity conservation and utilization, 24-28 July 1995, Nairobi, Kenya. 13 pp. (in press)

Leakey, R.R.B. & Jaenicke, H. The domestication of indigenous fruit trees: opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of Fourth BIO-REFOR Workshop, Tampere, Finland. 20 pp. (in press)

Lebbie, A.R. & Guries, R.P. 1995. Ethnobotanical value and conservation of sacred groves of the Kpaa Mende in Sierra Leone. Econ. Bot., 49(3): 297-308.

Lemieux, G. 1995. Le bois raméal pour rebâtir les sols. Agriculture, 52(1): 3-7.

Lintu, L. 1995. Marketing non-wood forest products in developing countries. Unasylva, 183: 37-41.

Macarthur, R.S. 1994. The cork oaks and cork: a New Zealand perspective. Blenheim, New Zealand, Blenheim Print.

Maghembe, J.A., Ntupanyama, Y. & Chirwa, P.W. 1995. Improvement of indigenous fruit trees of the miombo woodlands of southern Africa. Nairobi, ICRAF.

Martinez, A.A., Martines Cruz, M., de Jesus Palma, F. & Cordoba, F. 1995. Distribution, uses and some chemical characteristics of Agaveae of Oaxaca (Mexico). Interciencia, 20(4): 14-19.

Mathur, R.B., ed. 1995. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Management of Minor Forest Products, Dehra Dun, 13-15 November 1994. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India.

McSweeney, K. 1995. The cohune palm (Orbignya cohune, Arecaceae) in Belize: a survey of uses. Econ. Bot., 49(2): 162-171.

Mendelsohn, R. & Balick, M. 1995. The value of undiscovered pharmaceuticals in tropical forests. Econ. Bot., 49(2): 223-228.

Mizuno, T., ed. 1995. Special issue on mushrooms: the versatile fungus - food and medicinal properties. Chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology and utilization. Food Reviews International, 11(1). 236 pp.

Murrieta, J.R. & Pinzón Rueda, R., eds. 1995. Extractive reserves. IUCN Forest Conservation Programme.

Nepal, S.K. & Weber, K.E. 1995. Prospects for coexistence: wildlife and local people. Ambio, 24(4): 238-245.

Nasendi, B.D. 1994. Socio-economic information on rattan in Indonesia. INBAR Working Paper No. 2. New Delhi, INBAR. 18 pp.

Nicholson, K. 1995. Income generation through production of handicrafts and non-timber forest products. Draft technical report, 2nd ed. Franklin, West Virginia, USA, The Mountain Institute.

Nshubemuki, L. & Mugasha, A.G. 1995. Chance discoveries and germplasm conservation in Tanzania: some observations on "reserved" trees. Environ. Conservation, 22(1): 51-55.

Ocampo, R. 1994. Domesticación de plantas medicinales en Centroamérica. Turrialba, Costa Rica, CATIE.

Ortiz, E. 1995a. Survival in a nutshell. Américas, September/October: 7-17. Washington, DC, Organization of American States.

Ortiz, E. 1995b. Ecoempresa de base. Medio Ambiente, April/May: 20-21.

Osborn, P.L. 1995. Biological and cultural diversity in Papua New Guinea: conservation, conflicts, constraints and compromise. Ambio, 24(4): 231-237.

Paoletti, M., Dreon, L. & Lorenzoni, G.G. 1995. Pistic, traditional food from western Friuli, N.E. Italy. Econ. Bot., 49(1): 26-30.

Paz y Miño, G., Balslev, H. & Valecia, R. 1995. Useful lianas of the Siona-Secova Indians from Amazonian Ecuador. Econ. Bot., 49(3): 269-275.

Peaman, P. 1995. An agenda for conservation research and its application, with a case study from Amazonian Ecuador. Environ. Conservation, 22(1): 39-43.

Pinheiro, C.U.B. & Ferro Frazao, J.M. 1995. Integral processing of babassu palm (Orbignya phalerata, Arecaceae) fruits: village level production in Maranhao, Brazil. Econ. Bot., 49(1): 31-39.

Poffenberger, M. & Sarin, M. 1995. Fiber grass from forest land. Society and Natural Resources, 8: 219-230.

Reid, W. 1995a. Reversing the loss of biodiversity: an overview of international measures. Aridlands Newsletter, 37: 16-31.

Reid, W. 1995b. Biodiversity and health: prescription for progress. Environment, 37(6).

Reid, W.V. et al., eds. 1995. Biodiversity prospecting: using genetic resources for sustainable development. Washington, DC, World Resources Institute.

Richmond, G.S. & Ghisalberti, E. 1995. Cultural, food, medicinal uses and potential applications of Myoporum species (Myoporaceae). Econ. Bot., 49(3): 276-285.

Riezebos, E., Vooren, A. & Guillaumet, E., eds. 1994. Le Parc National de Taï, Côte d'Ivoire I. Synthèse des connaissances II. Bibliographie. Tropenbos Series 8. Leiden, the Netherlands, Backhuys Publishers.

Rivera, D. & Obón, C. 1995. The ethnopharmacology of Madeira and Porto Santo Islands, a review. J. Ethnopharmacology, 46(2): 73-93.

Rodríguez, E. & West, J.E. 1995. International research on biomedicines from the tropical rainforest. Interciencia, 20(4): 140-143.

Román de la Vega, C.F. 1995. Principales productos forestales no maderables de México. México DF, México, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.

Ros-Tonen, M., Dijkman, W. & Lammerts van Bueren, E. 1995. Commercial and sustainable extraction of non-timber forest products. Wageningen, the Netherlands, The Tropenbos Foundation.

Schmutterer, H. 1995. Neem tree: source of unique natural products for integrated pest management and medicinal, industrial and other purposes. Germany, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft Weinheim. 680 pp.

Sequeira, V. 1994. Medicinal plants and conservation in Sao Tome. Biodiversity and Conservation, 3: 9.

Sheriff, P.A., compiler. 1994. Spices bibliography. J. Spices and Aromatic Crops, 3(1): 56-97.

Shiembo, P.N., Newton, A.C. & Leakey, R.R.B. Vegetative propagation of Ricinodendron heulelotii, a West African fruit tree. J. Tropical Forest Sci. (in press)

Shiembo, P.N., Newton, A.C. & Leakey, R.R.B. Vegetative propagation of Irvingia gabonensis, a West African fruit tree. Forest Ecology and Management. (in press)

Shim, P.S. 1995. Domestication and improvement of rattan. INBAR Working Paper No. 5. New Delhi, INBAR/FORTIP.

Singh, K.K. 1994. Ethnobotanical heritage of the Tharu tribe of Uttar Pradesh, India. Applied Botany Abstracts, 14(2): 97-113.

Sisir, K. Saha. 1995. Physiochemical study of lac from three insect species. Trop. Sci., 35(1): 13-16.

Sittenfeld, A. & Artuso, A. 1995. A framework for biodiversity prospecting: the INBio Experience. Aridlands Newsletter, 37: 8-11.

Sizer, N. & Rice, R. 1995. Backs to the wall in Suriname: forest policy in a country in crisis. Washington, DC, World Resources Institute.

Sözen, N. 1995. Seeking new approaches for tourism along the Mediterranean. MEDIT 6, (2): 11-18.

Stiles, D. 1994. Tribals and trade, a strategy for cultural and ecological survival. Ambio, 23(2): 106-111.

Studstrod, J.E. & Wegge, P. 1995. Park-people relationships: the case of damage caused by park animals around the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal. Environ. Conservation, 22(2): 133-142.

Sudarsanam, G. & Prasad, G.S. 1995. Medical ethnobotany of plants used as antidotes by Yanadi tribes in South India. J. Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants, 3(1): 57-66.

Thrupp, L.A., Bergeron, G. & Waters, W. 1995. Bitter-sweet harvest for global supermarkets: challenges in Latin America's agricultural export boom. Washington, DC, WRI.

Timmerman, B. & Hutchinson, B. 1995. Biodiversity prospecting in the drylands of Chile, Argentina and Mexico. Aridlands Newsletter, 37: 12-15.

Toledo, V.M., Batis, A.I., Becerra, R., Martines, E. & Ramos, C. H. 1995. The useful forest: quantitative ethnobotany of the indigenous groups of the humid tropics of Mexico. Interciencia, 20(4): 177-187.

Townson, I.M. 1995a. Forest products and household incomes: a review and annotated bibliography. Oxford, UK, Oxford Forestry Institute and CIFOR.

Townson, I.M. 1995b. Incomes from non-timber forest products: patterns of enterprise activity in the forest zone of southern Ghana. Oxford, UK, Oxford Forestry Institute.

Udoh, A.P., Effiong, R.I. & Edem, D.O. 1995. Nutrient composition of dogwhelk (Thais cattifera), a protein source for humans. Trop. Sci., 35(1): 64-67.

Uphadyay, A.V. 1995. Promotion of medicinal and aromatic plants. GCP/NEP/049/NET Project Working Paper No. 16. Kathmandu, FAO-HMG-IFAD.

Wagner, J. 1994. The ethnobotany of four villages in Zhemgang Dzongkhag. Zhemgang, Bhutan, Save the Children Federation/USA.

Wibe, S. 1995. Non-wood benefits in forestry: a survey of valuation studies. UN-ECE/FAO Timber and Forest Discussion Papers. Geneva, Switzerland.

Youngquist, J.A., English, B.E., Scharmer, R.C., Chow, P. & Shook, S.R. Literature review on use of non-wood plant fibers for building materials and panels. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report FPL-GTR-80.

Zhu Shilin, Ma Naixun & Fu Maoyi. (no date). Compendium of Chinese bamboos. China Forestry Publishing House.

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