November 20 - Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme

Community Forestryand Opportunitiesfor REDD in theASEAN RegionWhat’s theBuzz??A ResponsibleInVEEStingAlternative5min.Khmer languagewith English andJapanesesub-titlesFilm by:INAZIO.netProduced by:CBHE, NTFP-EP, ArunRecognizing the important role that peopleliving in and around forests play in forestmanagement for poverty reduction andenvironmental sustainability, RECOFTCconducted a study for the ASEAN SocialForestry Network and the Swiss Agency forDevelopment and Cooperation (SDC) toprovide a general overview of social forestryin the ASEAN region and its potential tocontribute to climate change mitigation andadaptation. Special attention is given toCambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia,Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, andVietnam. This brief summaries the findings ofthe full study The Role of Social Forestry inClimate Change Mitigation and Adaptation inthe ASEAN Region.Sometimes the good solutions are simple.A group of honey collectors from Cambodiawho were facing difficulties in getting a fairprice and the trust of local honey traders andbuyers, decided to get together to create thefirst Cambodian wild honey association.CBHE is a community based enterprisewhose aim is to achieve sustainable incomeout of traditional forest-based livelihoodslike wild honey collection. CBHE alsopromotes cultural diversity and helps to keepCambodia’s environment green and its forestsprotected for the communities and wild beesthat depend on them for their survival.CBHE invites you to join their effort inpromoting a green, fair and sustainablefuture for the forests, people and bees ofCambodia.Joy Torres joined NTFP-EP inJune as the Program Officerfor Community Forestryand Climate Change. Joyholds degrees in bothAnthropology and Forestryand thus is extremely fit forwork at EP! Joy is knownin the office for being a“smiler”. Even during arecent ASEAN meetingsuffering an excruciating earache,she still managed toshow us her pearly-whites!With Diah Sembiringaround, the new NTFP-EPIndonesia office is in safehands! She’s the latest tojoin the fold last Octoberas the Administrative andBookkeeping Staff. She hasa track record in openingNGO offices so that’s whyPanthom hired her as heabhors the traffic of Jakarta.The office is now securedeven if he is not alwaysthere. Diah’s favorite fruit isrambutan and she ensuresall visitors to the office afresh bunch every day!Leonard Reyes becamepart of the NTFP-EPfamily last August asthe Communication andKnowledge ManagementOfficer for REDD+. He mayseem quiet and reservedbut his social network (bothonline and offline) is veryactive! He enjoys his job asmuch as he enjoys cycling,music and photography. Inhis first trip to Kalimantan,he saw a “shadow” ofan orangutan - of whicheveryone in the boat alsosaw!GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLECOLLECTION AND MANAGEMENTOF DIPTEROCARP OLEORESINS OR BALSAMSGuide toSustainableCollection andManagementof DipterocarpOleoresins orBalsams.Available inKhmer and Englishlanguages.Liquid resin or dipterocarp oleoresin isan important non-timber forest product(NTFP) in terms of its contribution to locallivelihoods and also to the national economyof Cambodia .Various issues related to the managementand trade of oleoresins may be overcomeif sustainable tapping and managementpractices are applied across the resindependentforest locations in the country.This illustrated guide was developedthrough extensive consultation amongresin tappers from 10 communities in PreahViIhear and Mondulkiri provinces. The guideincludes traditional and adapted techniquesto ensure sustainable resin yield and goodresin quality. The guide is intended for usby community resin tappers, as well as otherinterested groups like NGOs, facilitators andtechnical service providers.Earl Diaz has been helpingout NTFP-EP with hisartistic ideas and inputseven before he becamea full-time employee. Hehas worked on the layoutof Voices from the Forest19 and 20 and some otherdesign needs that neededa little flair of creativity.When everyone in theoffice seems to wake up atthe wrong side of the bed,Earl never fails to share thepositive energy to anyonewho needs it. He lovesdogs.