RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Non-Wood Forest Products 20 - Fruit trees and useful plants in Amazonian life |
| This book features the uncommon quality of bringing together original scientific knowledge on fruits and useful plants of the Amazon forest and the sensibility to detect the deep interaction between life, traditional knowledge of our forests and folk culture. With its language at the same time accessible, pleasant and practical, the book has become a vehicle to disseminate information that is fundamental to the future of the Amazon and to bring alive the dream of a development model that is economically and socially fair, and that respects the environment. |
Non-Wood Forest Products 19 - Bees and their role in forest livelihoods |
This publication is a guide to the services provided by bees and the sustainable harvesting, processing and marketing of their products. |
The role of CITES in international trade in forest products. Links to sustainable forest management |
This is published as an NWFP working document. It reflects the decisions taken at CITES CoP 13. |
The guest article in this issue, on "Forest apiculture", has been authored by Dr. Nicola Bradbear, a leading expert in apiculture. The Special Features section covers "NWFPs in the Pacific Islands" and the "History of NWFPs". |
Non-Wood Forest Products 18 - World Bamboo Resources - A thematic study prepared in the framework of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 |
This publication is the result of one of the thematic studies prepared during the Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) |
NWFP Working Document No. 6 - Trade measures - Tools to promote the sustainable use of NWFP? An assessment of trade related instruments influencing the international trade in Non-Wood Forest Products and associated management and livelihood strategies |
This is an assessment of trade-related instruments influencing the international trade in NWFP and associated management and livelihood strategies. It includes two case studies covering four products: Boliva (cayman and Brazil nuts) and Cameroon (parrots and Prunus africana). |
Produits Forestiers non ligneux - Document de travail No. 5 - Gestion des ressources naturelles fournissant les produits forestiers non ligneux alimentaires en Afrique Centrale |
This paper has been produced within the framework of FAO Project "Enhancing the contribution of non-wood forest products to food security in Central Africa" GCP/RAF/398/GER |
Produits Forestiers non ligneux - Document de travail No. 4 - Les perspectives de la certification des produits forestiers non ligneux en Afrique Centrale |
This paper has been produced within the framework of FAO Project "Enhancing the contribution of non-wood forest products to food security in Central Africa" GCP/RAF/398/GER |
Wild edible fungi for food security: their role and sustainable use |
This publication documents the role of NWFP in food security. It is available in English, Spanish and French. More >>> |
This study seeks to examine the impact of timber harvesting in two villages, one in Cameroon and one in the Central African Republic. It documents many plant-based and animal-based NWFPs of great signifi cance to the livelihoods of the local populations in terms of food security, income generation and health. (E) (F) |