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A view from within:
the forest and its resources from a community perspective
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Mathew John to talk about Participatory Guarantee Systems
Learn more about organic agriculture and Participatory Guarantee Systems from Mathew John, founding member of NTFP-EP partner Keystone Foundation, India. This will be held 6 August at 3:00 pm at the NTFP EP Office.
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What NTFP is that?
Food, materials for crafts, building materials, medicine, and rituals … these are just a few uses of non-timber forest products. NTFPs are "all biological materials, other than timber, which are extracted from forests for human use."
Learn more about specific NTFPs upon which communities across the region rely on for their livelihoods as well as to sustain their traditions. Search our NTFP database, a collaborative project of the partners of NTFP-EP. Enter the database here.
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Featured NTFP Product:Upland Crafts meet Modern Function
Accentuated with hinabol fabric from the Higaonon women of Bukidnon, the Philippines, this CD album has an adjustable spine. Can hold a total of 30 CDs. Comes with a coordinating box to protect your CDs.
Like other products from the CustomMade Crafts Center in Manila, your purchase supports the livelihoods of upland dwellers while providing a venue for their traditional arts to flourish.
CustomMade, through continuous product development and market linking, finds new niches, uses and applications for traditional products and skills, generating income that that will allow them to meet the expenses brought about by modern life, while still having the freedom to carry out their traditional way of life.
For more unique products, please visit the CustomMade Crafts Center at www.cmcrafts.org or Modi at www.modiphilippines.com
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 | "Tingkep" book launch on July 31 & Crafts sale in August!
Join us for an event of Crafts and Coffee, Featuring this year the Indigenous People of Palawan and their crafts. Special highlight is the launching of the book "The Tingkep and Other Crafts of the Pala'wan" on July 31, 2008 at 3:00 pm.
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| | Advocacy continues
Despite the postponement of the ASEAN Summit, the 2nd ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC 2) pushed through from 10-12 December 2006 in Banilad, Cebu City. The postponement of ACSC 2 was viewed as an opportunity for participants to refine the statement to be presented to ASEAN in January 2007.
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What is the NTFP Exchange Programme?
We are a collaborative network of non-governmental organisations
and community-based organisations in South and Southeast Asia.
We work with forest-based communities to strengthen their capacity
in sustainable management of natural resources. Over the years,
the NTFP-EP has grown into a dynamic network, with over 40 partner
organisations and major contacts in India, the Philippines,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia.
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