This paper reports on a study undertaken by the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme to scope out processed products and associated NTFP technologies in six ASEAN countries to determine what can be potentially shared across the region that are consistent with the emergence of a global green economy as well as prepare the NTFP sector for the impending economic integration in 2015. Technology interventions that lead to better utilization of NTFPs and consequently expand opportunities not only in improving incomes of forest-dependent resource gatherers but also contribute to the national economy through trade of value-added NTFPs were documented. Raising awareness on the possibilities for increasing returns from NTFPs through transformative yet sustainable technologies that yield commercially-viable products empower those who adopt them to make more decisions that are more favorable to them and the community to which they belong.

Green Intermediaries