Linking Peoples and Forests
What are NTFPs?
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are defined as "all biological materials, other than timber, which are extracted from forests for human use."
Exchange News
Recent News, Events and Blogs
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April 8, 2025 - Events
AFoCO-CLMV launches very first Marketing Summit in Siem Reap, Cambodia -
February 27, 2025 -
Wild Foods in Asia Expert Group Kicks Off with Inception Meeting -
February 24, 2025 -
Looking back on a productive week in Luang Prabang—AFoCO-CLMV assessment for 2024 and planning for 2025 -
January 7, 2025 - News
Urgent call to Minister Klever and the Dutch House of Representatives: A new policy framework for a stronger civil society -
December 17, 2024 - Events
NTFP Marketing Summit of Partner Communities in Pakse City, Champasak Province, Lao PDR -
November 12, 2024 - News
COP29NTFP-EP participated in the 12th FWG LCIPP Meeting -
November 10, 2024 - Events
Indigenous Peoples and local communities at the heart of climate negotiations: NTFP-EP’s Priorities and Key Messages heading to the UNFCCC COP29 -
October 22, 2024 - Blogs
Celebrating Forests’ Bounty: First International Day for Non-Timber Forest Products and the Road to World Food Day 2024 -
October 17, 2024 - Events
Building Climate-Resilient Community Forestry Enterprises: Insights from a Learning Exchange -
August 12, 2024 -
Young Indigenous leaders from Southeast Asia unite at YEEHA 2024 for forest and climate leadership
Knowledge Center
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Hive- The NTFP e-learning platformFor many years, experts have studied the collective intelligence of insects such as bees in the way they communicate in nature. It has been discovered that the information exchange among individual bees is perhaps the most essential component of the swarm’s knowledge sharing system. Bees exhibit this dynamic interaction in the ways they strategize and socialize as they forage for food from floral sources and carry it back into their command center– the HIVE. -
NTFP DatabaseThis database aims to become a comprehensive source of data on non-timber forest products in the South and Southeast region. It showcases those NTFPs in the six countries where EP partners have a presence, namely India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. The database is more than just an online profile of NTFPs. Other interesting and lesser known information in relation to socio-cultural roles, management practices, and specific are recognised.
