Forest products

In an increasingly crowded world reconciling environmental ‘conservation’ with the ‘sustainable use’ of natural resources is now our greatest challenge. Nature conservation has traditionally focused on protecting iconic and important areas of biodiversity from human exploitation through the establishment of National Parks and World Heritage Areas.

Palms, belonging to the Arecaceae family, are among the most common plants in tropical countries and provide a vast assortment of products ranging from food to construction materials, fibre and fuel. Tropical palms, originall published in 1998, has been updated in 2010 to include the most recent information and developments regarding the conservation status and use of various tropical palm species.

La transformación de los residuos de la actividad forestal y de la biomasa abandonada en los montes en un recurso con posibilidades de aprovechamiento energético supone ejercer una gestión eficiente de los bosques y plantaciones forestales, generando además beneficios medioambientales y económicos. Estudio realizado por un equipo interdisciplinar de expertos, autores también de la publicación anterior del CIEF Beneficios y costes sociales en la conservación de la Red Natura 2000.

This report provides an interesting overview of Trobenbos International's achievements in 2009. In this report, one will find examples that demonstrate how knowledge, individual and organisational capacity, informed dialogue and exchange of information can help support better decisions on a range of forest-related subjects.

Humla is a remote and mountainous district situated in the north-west corner of Nepal, bordering with China. People in Humla or Humlis belong to the Chhetri-Thakuri, and Dalits social groups of the Indo-Aryan language group and to the Lama social group of the Tibeto-Burman language group.The main objective of the research is to assess the contribution of NTFPs to the overall livelihood of upper Humla, and to explore ways of how this contribution could be further enhanced.