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ORGANIZATIONALUPDATES202012 Annual ReportA showcase of NTFP products during theASFN Knowledge Fair in Siem Reap, Cambodiaphoto courtesy of Leonard Reyes
Organizationally, the NTFP-EP family is growing. Inaddition to the Phnom Penh, Cambodia branch office,offices in Jakarta, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysiasecured official local registrations. Staff complementincreased with six (6) new staff hired – deputy director,grants development officer, climate change officer,conservation and resource management coordinator,finance and administration coordinator, and accountant.Human resource policies were strengthened. One Board ofTrustees meeting was conducted. A financial managementimprovement plan (FMIP) was developed with financialmanagement consultants contracted by Cordaid. TheFMIP is already being implemented to further strengthenfinancial systems.The 22nd and 23rd issues of Voices from the Forest, NTFP-EP’s bi-annual publication, were released in 2012. NTFP-EP also produced two (2) short films -- CSO 101 shownduring the ASFN conference and the Madhu Duniya filmdocumenting the Forest Honey Network Conferenceheld in Indonesia. The Dasar-dasar Ekologi (Indonesiantranslation of Delbert Rice’s Basic Upland Ecology book)was published and distributed to 200 individuals.NTFP-EP strengthened its online presence to reach awider audience on its themes. Two issues of the bi-monthlye-newsletter NTFP-EP Exchange News were released,reaching 278 individuals in 15 countries. The NTFP-EPwebsite was visited 17,186 times by 13,267 unique visitorsfrom 152 different countries. The facebook, twitter andflickr accounts were likewise maintained.Fundraising efforts for the year focused on developingstrategies to expand funding source for country programsand projects.In 2012, NTFP-EP was able to get additional support for itsregional programme covering the 5 themes – conservation,climate change, food security, enterprise development andland rights and policy advocacy. Its donors were BothEnds,Catholic Organization for Relief & Development Aid(CORDAID), Ecosystem Alliance (EA), and InternationalUnion for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Country andproject-specific initiatives that were organized for theyear including research studies, trainings and communityprojects were funded by other donors. They includeARUN Japan, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)Philippines, Team Energy, Flora and Fauna International(FFI), the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Philippines and Global Environment Centerthrough the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB)of the Philippine government’s environmental department.Other earnings for the year also came from consultancieson NTFP-EP’s core competencies and thematic focus.21
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTSiiiiiiv13456781011
Page 5 and 6: WHO WE AREAbout a hundred million p
Page 7 and 8: A Higaonon youth patiently waiting
Page 9 and 10: CONSERVATIONSudhakar demonstrates r
Page 11 and 12: FOOD &HEALTHSECURITYThe Punan peopl
Page 13 and 14: Countrynumber ofenterprises/Groupsn
Page 15 and 16: One of the many species of plants i
Page 17 and 18: CAMBODIALakhena of CNWG interviewin
Page 19 and 20: Drying collected Rattanphoto courte
Page 21 and 22: PHILIPPINESAti youth showing off th
Page 23: Sago is a staple food for some indi
Page 27 and 28: Slain tribal leader Dexter Condez
Page 29 and 30: For 2013, NTFP-EP plans to strength
Page 31 and 32: FINANCIAL REPORTTHEMATIC DISTRIBUTI

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