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Rotational farming, also called shifting cultivation or swidden agriculture by some, is one of the most misunderstood systems of land use. Many ASEAN countries have laws criminalizing or banning the practice, but for indigenous peoples, rotational farming is a sustainable practice closely interlinked into their lives and culture.

NTFP-EP and PASD Thailand present a short film on how the Karen indigenous peoples in northern Thailand practice rotational farming. It explores how rotational farming has helped them provide for their food security, while also contributing to the sustainable management of their forest ecosystems.

In a Different Light – The Karen Rotational Farming Story
A co-production by NTFP-EP Asia and PASD Thailand
With support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
Directed by: Jon Robin Bustamante
Production lead: Jan Gabriel Cabanos
Producers: Dazzle Labapis, Songphonsak Ratanawilailak

What are wild foods and how are they relevant in the face of a food and health crisis? Wild foods have the potential to revive forests, reduce hunger and bring prosperity to forest-dependent communities. Watch this animated video by the SIANI Expert Group on Wild Foods, Biodiversity and Livelihoods and NTFP-EP!

Also visit the SIANI website for more information.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC2B7NXfwoE&feature=emb_title

This discussion focused on wild foods in relation to customary tenure rights, traditional food systems and knowledge. How does customary tenure support diverse food systems, the maintenance of wild foods and food security? We will take a look at the situation of customary tenure recognition, rotational farming, and forest food management and harvesting across different countries in Southeast Asia. This session was interactive and participants were assigned to breakout rooms to deepen the dialogue on challenges and opportunities for wild foods alongside recognition of customary tenure and traditional food systems. Inputs from the session shall form part of the recommendations that will be developed by the Expert Group for policy recommendations and advocacy.

Jeremy Ironside, NTFP-EP Trustee and a member of the Expert Group Steering Committee, moderated the session. He was joined by other expert group members and dialogue partners in providing insights on the theme.

Drowned Forest, Damned Lives illustrates the potential destruction of the Lakum forests and the displacement of the Chewong Temuan tribe in Peninsular Malaysia to the Kelau Dam project. A process and project that is costly and necessity is highly questionable in view of other sustainable and cheaper alternatives.

Director: Colin Nicholas, COAC
Duration: 30m
Country: Malaysia

The Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) Asia is a collaborative network of over 60 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) working with forest-based communities to strengthen their capacity in the sustainable management of natural resources in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Vietnam.

 

The 2014 Annual Report is a documentation of the successes, opportunities, and challenges of the network over the past year.

All across India, non-timber forest produce (NTFP) spell a critical source of income for indigenous people and forest dwelling communities.

NTFPs play a crucial role in these peoples’ livelihood and form a key incentive to conserving India’s forests of. Moreover, NTFPs are woven in the social and cultural fabric of communities.

Communities are working with grassroot groups, traders, and government to address the challenges posed by low productivity, lack of technology, irrational laws, and wide-scale contract-based extraction.

Over years of hard work, inroads are being made. Community-based conservation, management, value addition, and marketing of NTFPs are being successfully practiced.

The film was made possible through the support of the HIVOS Oxfam Novib Biodiversity Fund and MISEREOR.

Produced by NTFP-EP, Gekko Studio and Dusty Foot Productions (2007).
DVD copy (32 mins.)

To request a copy, please send an email or letter with background of your organisation and purpose of the video. We are providing a limited number of free copies to organisations working on similar issues within South and Southeast Asia.

In Manila:
Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme
for South and Southeast Asia
92-A Masikap Extension, Barangay Central, Diliman, Quezon City
1100 The Philippines
Telephone: +63 2 426.2757
Telefax: +63 2 426.2757
Email: publications@ntfp.org

In Indonesia:
Gekko Studio
Jl. Palem Putri 3 No. 1
Taman Yasmin 5
Bogor, West Java
Indonesia, 16112
Tel: +62 251 8431516
Fax: +62 251 8431516
Email:  info@gekkovoices.com
URL: www.gekkovoices.com

In India:
Keystone Foundation Inc.
Groves Hill Road
Kotagiri – 643217
The Nilgiris
Tamil Nadu
India
Tel: +91 4266 272277, 272977
Fax: (91) 4266 272977
Email: kf@keystone-foundation.org
URL: www.keystone-foundation.org

Sumbawa Honey
Uploaded by gekkostudio

The majority of Sumbawa forest dwelling peoples are dependent on forest honey for their livelihoods. From tall trees on slopes or in the forest valley, these people climb and risk their lives to harvest honey.

Communities hand-in-hand with the Sumbawa Forest Honey Network (JMHS – Jaringan Madu Hutan Sumbawa), with assistance from the Indonesian Forest Honey Network (JMHI – Jaringan Madu Hutan Indonesia), have changed their methods of honey processing from a squeezing method to a filtering method to maintain the quality of the honey. On the harvesting side, they are practicing sustainable harvesting methods.

Since then, buyers now recognize JMHS as a trusted source of high quality forest honey. At the regency level, the Regent proudly supports this effort to make forest honey as the icon for Sumbawa and Honey Day initiatives.

See more at JMHI (http://www.ntfp.or.id), JMHS (http://kesuaning.blogspot.com), and Gekko Studio (http://www.gekkovoices.com)

For further information on this film, please contact:
Gekko Studio
Jl. Palem Putri 3 No. 1
Taman Yasmin 5
Bogor, West Java
Indonesia, 16112
Tel: +62 251 8431516
Fax: +62 251 8431516
Email: info@gekkovoices.com
URL: www.gekkovoices.com

Now available in Khmer (dubbed). Please contact Femy Pinto, Cambodia facilitator, femypinto@online.com.kh

A documentary film on a workshop in Daan Aporawan, Palawan on traditional sustainable methods of harvesting the Philippine “big 3 NTFPs” – rattan, honey, almaciga.

45 minutes. English with English subtitles for interviews in local dialects. Now also dubbed in Khmer.

By the NTFP-EP. 2006. For queries, please email us at publication@ntfp.org

For the Khmer dubbed version, please email Femy Pinto, Cambodia Facilitator: femypinto@online.com.kh

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