Department for International Development (DFID) www.dfid.gov.uk
DFID is a department of the British government and therefore
is funded by UK taxpayers. DFID's activities are committed to
International Development Targets, which involves direct poverty
reduction work and work with multilateral institutions such
as the World Bank, the United Nations and the European Union.
The Forestry Research Programme (FRP) is one of ten competitive
grants programmes of the UK Department for International Development
(DFID) Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS).
FRP funds research and dissemination projects that are targeted
at the eradication of poverty.
http://www.frp.uk.com
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) works
to encourage sustainable development through sound environmental
practices. Its activities cover a wide range of issues, from
atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems, the promotion of environmental
science and information, to an early warning and emergency response
capacity to deal with environmental disasters and emergencies.
www.unep.org
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is an independent
not for profit organisation that focuses its work on International
Development and Humanitarian Issues. Its role is to inform policy
and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation
of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods
in developing countries. (They work both with partners from
the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed
countries.) Their five research and policy programmes are: Poverty
and Public, International Economic Development, Humanitarian
Policy, Rural Policy and Environment, Forest Policy and Environment.
www.odi.org.uk
The ODI Forest Policy and Environment Group seeks to
inform the processes of policy change in tropical forestry in
order to sustainably improve the livelihoods and well-being
of the forest- dependent poor. www.odi.org.uk/fpeg/index.html
Fauna and Flora International (FFI) is one of the longest
established international conservation bodies. It is one of
the few that aims to "protect the entire spectrum of endangered
plant and animal species on the planet." http://www.fauna-flora.org/
Our in-country partners in Mexico, who implement the fieldwork
for this project are 3 Non Government Organisations: Grupo
de Estudios Ambientales (GEA), located in Mexico City and
working in Guerrero,
Methodus Consultora located in Oaxaca and working principally
in Oaxaca and Chiapas (http://www.raises.org/)
and addition we work with Grupo Mesofilo located and
working in Oaxaca (http://www.eco-index.org/ong/mesofilo-mx-esp.html).
RAISES (Red para el Aprendizaje e Intercambio
para la Sistematización de Experiencias hacia la Sustentabilidad)
is an NGO network which is working with different rural Mexican
communities and social organisations to improve farmer managment
of natural ressources and particulary Non Timber Forest Products
(NTFPs). Description of development and research projects, cases
studies, multimedia presentacions and articles are shown in
this site.
Our partners in Bolivia are CARE Bolivia http://www.careusa.org/vft/bolivia/care_bolivia.asp
In addition, we have included some links below to organisations
that work broadly in biodiversity conservation and sustainable
rural livelihoods.
Alternative for India Development
International NGO
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global alliance of conservation
organisations working together for the world's birds and people.
BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation
organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats
and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability
in the use of natural resources. www.birdlife.org
Calabar Botanic Garden
c/o Cercopan, 4 Ishie Lane, off Federal Highway, Calabar. Postal
address - c/o Housing Estate P.O. Box 826, Calabar, Cross River
State, Nigeria. Tel: + 234 87 234 670 cercopan@compuserve.com
Centre for Community Based Resource Management
www.stfx.ca/institutes/ccbm/explorer/ie_index.html
Centre for International Forestry Research CIFOR
An international research and global knowledge institution committed
to conserving forests and improving the livelihoods of people
in the tropics. CIFOR's mission is to contribute to the sustained
well-being of people in developing countries, particularly in
the tropics, through collaborative strategic and applied research
and related activities in forest systems and forestry, and by
promoting the transfer of appropriate new technologies and the
adoption of new methods of social organisation, for national
development. www.cifor.cgiar.org
Conservation International
A US-based international non-profit organisation. CI's mission
is to conserve global biodiversity, using innovations in science,
economics, policy and community participation. Their work is
strategically focused on biodiversity hotspots, tropical wilderness
and key marine areas. www.conservation.org
CROFT7
FOOD AND CRAFT BASED BUSINESS BASED ON 1HA CROFT. Natural Dyes
Textiles Coppice, fruits, herbs, vegetables, fungi.
Development In Nigeria
DIN, P.O. Box 103, Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria. cifeka@yahoo.com
Environmental Change Institute
www.eci.ox.ac.uk
ETFRN
The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETRFN) is a forum
for communication between European organisations, researchers,
EU institutions and others concerned with (sub-)tropical forest
research. ETFRN News provides information on current research
topics, which include NTFPs. www.etfrn.org/etfrn/topics/ntfp/index.html
FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition
and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity,
and to better the condition of rural populations. Their work
has focused on the alleviation of poverty and hunger by promoting
agricultural development, improved nutrition and the pursuit
of food security. www.fao.org
FAO (NWFP) Non-Wood Forest Products
The "Promoting and Development of Non-Wood Forest Products"
(NWFP) programme was established within the FAO's Forest Products
Division in 1991, to ensure the co-ordination of NWFP issues
within FAO. www.fao.org/forestry/
The following FAO technical units also cover some aspects of
NWFP promotion and development:
* The Forestry Policy and Planning Division
* The Forest Products Marketing Programme
* The Forest Products Trade Programme
* The Sustainable Management of Natural Forests Programme
* The Arid Zone and Mediterranean
Forestry Programme
Florida International University
Academic research institution. www.fiu.edu
Forest and Forest Producta Marketing Department
Provides service on market promotion and information dissemination
of forest products, mainly the NTFPs. teklugebrekidan@hotmail.com
Forest Information Update
This site contains a weekly digest of forestry News Compiled
by H. Gyde Lund. The links by subject page includes two relevant
sections: Alternatives to Wood Products and Charcoal and Non
Wood Forest Products. www.foresters.org/fiu/
Forest Products Conservation
a programme of the US Department of Agriculture Forest
Service
The Forest Service
is an agency within the Department
of Agriculture. It contains approximately 37,000 employees
across 3 broad areas: (1) the National
Forest System, responsible for management of the Nation's
national forests, (2) Forest
and Rangeland Research, conducts research on a broad range
of forest and rangeland issues and transfers resulting technologies
to users, and (3) State
and Private Forestry, provides collaborative stewardship
of our Nation's forests with other public and private organizations.
Within Forest Service Research there are 6 regional research
stations and the Forest
Products Laboratory. The Southern
Research Station has laboratories and research work units
located across the southern U.S. from Texas to Virginia and
south to Florida. Research is conducted on a wide variety of
forest-related topics, including wildlife and fisheries, economic
and social impacts, wood utilization and harvesting, silviculture,
and ecosystem processes.
Research work unit SRS-4702 of the Southern Research Station,
located on the Virginia
Tech campus in Blacksburg Virginia, is devoted to tree quality
assessment, automated wood processing, non-timber forest products,
and solid wood recovery, reuse and recycling research. The mission
of the unit is to enhance wood resource conservation and sustainability
through advanced timber analysis and wood processing, and effective
wood product recovery, reuse, and recycling.
IIED's Forestry and Land Use (FLU)
This programme aims to improve people's livelihoods from forest
and land use on the basis of equity, efficiency and sustainability.
This is achieved mainly through collaborative research with
partners in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, China, South East
Asia, Central and South America and Europe.
Institute for Culture and Ecology
An NTFP website including bibliographic and species databases
and downloadable publications on NTFPs. www.ifcae.org/ntfp/
Iroko Foundation
Iroko Foundation, 18 Academy Court, Kirkwall Place, London E2,
United Kingdom. Tel: +44 207 482 3686 Fax: +44 207 267 4342
irokofoundation@yahoo.com
Living Earth Nigeria Foundation
LENF, 11 Orogbum Crescent, GRA Phase II, Port Harcourt, Rivers
State, Nigeria. Tel: 084 230970 or 090 501610. lenf@phca.linkserve.com
National Hebarium of the Netherlands
Cooperation of Herbaria of three Universities: Utrecht, Wageningen
and Leiden, holding ca. 6 million of plant specimens. www.nationaalherbarium.nl
Natural Resources International (NRI)
NRI was established in 1996 by the UK's Overseas Development
Administration (ODA which was DFID's predecessor). NRI is now
an independent limited company, which is now owned by the University
of Greenwich, the University of Edinburgh, and Imperial College
London.
Their role is to work with donors, clients and partners in order
to bring together the best teams, and optimise results. NRI
is currently managing over 400 projects in more than 50 countries.
www.nrinternational.co.uk
Netherlands Committee for IUCN
The Guiana Shield Initiative of the NC-IUCN is developing a
regional compensation mechanism for the ecological goods and
services provided by the intacts forests of the Guiana Shield
ecoregion. This Initiative involves a component of sustainable
livelihood development including NTFPs. "Commercial NTFPs
of the Guiana Shield: An inventory of commercial NTFP extraction
and possibilities for sustainable harvest" has just been
published. www.guianashield.org
Nigerian Conservation Foundation
NCF) Km 19, opposite Chevron, Lagos-Epe Expressway, Lekki, Lagos,
Nigeria. Tel: +234 1 264 2497/8 Fax: +234 1 269 4020. aminukano@infoweb.abs.net
Non-Timber Forest Products
This site is the result of the collaboration between the Virginia
Tech Department of Wood Science and Forest products, the USDA
Forest Service Southern Research Station, and the Top of the
Ozarks RC&D in Missouri. It is devoted to gathering information
on products and markets. www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu
NTFP sub-sector Support Project in Vietnam
This Dutch funded, IUCN managed project started in July 2002
and will continue until June 2007, with the following goal:
" To strengthen the capacity of research and management
institutions in Vietnam for supporting the ecologically sustainable
and equitable use of Non Timber Forest Products that contribute
to: biodiversity conservation; improved livelihoods of poor
people resident in and around forest areas; and, national social
and economic development." www.ntfp.org.vn
NTFP.org
This site is hosted by ProFound - Advisors in Development, a
Dutch consulting company which provides support to organisations
and programmes dealing with sustainable development and trade
promotion.
The Bulletin of the NTFP exchange programme Southeast Asia "Voices
from the Forest" and the official publication of the Philippine
NTFP Taskforce "Not by Timber Alone" are available
from this site. www.ntfp.org
People and the Planet
A global gateway which addresses the future health and wellbeing
of the human family. This site covers 15 topics that include
population pressures, food & agriculture, poverty &
trade, and forests. www.peopleandplanet.net
Proyecto Sierra de Santa Marta, A.C.
Organización no gubernamental que desde 1993 promueve
el cultivo recursos forestales no maderables. A lo largo de
varios años esta organización ha acomulado una
importante experiencia e información en el manejo de
PFNM. mx.geocities.com/pssm_ac/index.htm
Rainforest Alliance
An international conservation organisation, whose mission is
to "protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that
live within them by implementing better business practices for
biodiversity conservation and sustainability."
www.rainforest-alliance.org
'Shodh' The Institute for research and development
shodh is a Nagpur besed research institute represents central
India.It is also the CRC of IFRI (International forestry resources
and Institutions )and has been working on forest and livelihood
issues. shodh-research.org
Smartwood
The oldest and most extensive certification body in the world,
it is a programme of the Rainforest Alliance and is now accredited
by the Forest Stewardship Counci (FSC). Smartwwod aims to increase
the effectiveness of sustainable forestry in conserving biodiversity.
www.smartwood.org
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and
economically viable management of the world's forests. FSC overlooks
the certification process and accredits certification bodies
that respect the FSC certification principles.
Carrying an FSC logo is a sign that the forest is managed according
to agreed social, economic and environmental standards. This
certification process has been applied to timber, its application
to NTFPs is in its planning phase. www.fsc.org
The International Institute for Environment and Development
(IIED)
An independent, non-profit research institute working in the
field of sustainable development. IIED aims to provide expertise
and leadership in researching and achieving sustainable development
at local, national, regional and global levels. In alliance
with others we seek to help shape a future that ends global
poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management
of the world's natural resources.
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
aims to provide a framework for consultation among producer
and consumer member countries on all aspects of the world timber
economy within its mandate. www.itto.or.jp
The United Nations Development programme (UNDP)
works in 166 countries helping the latter develop local capacity
in the following areas: Democratic Governance, Poverty Reduction,
Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Energy and Environment, Information
and Communications Technology, and HIV/AIDS. UNDP helps developing
countries attract and use aid effectively. They promote human
rights and the empowerment of women in all their activities.
www.undp.org
The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
An intergovernmental policy forum which aims to "promote
the management, conservation and sustainable development of
all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political commitment
to this end". www.un.org/esa/forests
The Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network (ULERN)
A not-for-profit organisation, which is based in the Algoma
Region, Canada. Its mission is to facilitate collaboration that
promotes and enhances environmental and natural resource research
& development, throughout the Upper Great Lakes Basin.
They also host the NTFP-info listserve and discussion group.
Recent listserve postings are available at www.ulern.on.ca/
The World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)
The World Agroforestry Center, which was formerly known as the
International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) was
established in 1978. It focuses its research on the mitigation
of tropical deforestation, land depletion and rural poverty
through improved agroforestry systems. Agroforestry technologies
can help farmers increase productivity and sustainability, while
reducing land degradation. www.worldagroforestrycentre.org
The World Forestry Congress 2003
Took place in Montreal in September 2003, enabling forestry
sector to exchange views and experience, discuss forestry issues
and formulate broad regional or global recommendations. The
Evergreen Club of Ghana will be hosting a side event on The
Role of Local Communities in the Protection of Non Timber Forest
Products. http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/009/j3618e.htm
Tree Aid
UK based NGO supporting a community forestry & sustainable
livelihoods programme through local NGOs & CBOs in Burkina
Faso, Mali, Ghana & Ethiopia. www.treeaid.org
Tropical Forest Forum (TFF)
An independent association created in 1990 in response to the
growing concern within Britain for the future of tropical forests.
The Forum is open to all British based governmental, NGO, public
and private organisations, companies and individuals with an
interest in the sustainable utilisation and conservation of
tropical forests. www.forestforum.org.uk
UnB - University of Brasilia
University - Forest Science - www.unb.br
University of Queensland
A Ma. thesis degree undertaken at University of Queensland for
the Biological Resources Research Insitute Alexander von Humboldt
in Colombia. www.humboldt.org.co/biocomercio
Please note that UNEP-WCMC assumes no responsibility for
the continued availability of these links.
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