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FAO’s ON
ON NWFP
OF (NWFP),
Paul Vantomme
Forestry Officer (Non-Wood Forest Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Via delle Termi di Caracalla O0100
FAO,
FAO,
will FAO’s global on the
development of the key components of the and its
publications to this be highlighted.
FAO
Established in 1945, FAO, the Food of the United Nations, is the
UN
technical agency and is among theand technical development Today FAO has 174
(e.g. office
of the is in Tunis), a physical in 100 and at its
a of specialists in
disciplines, T h e fact that FAO the same so to speak, all the disciplines in a unique position with
of holistic and to
of as those discussed at this meeting.
The of FAO as:
2. a of and knowledge (technical
and statistical data on on
3. a of technical assistance (field
technologies, to assist in institutional capacity building, etc.
).
Each of these the cause of in the
FAO
T o what FAO is doing on these we exist
two main in
1) that fully domesticated and which can as
such as some spices, medicinal plants and oils.
This of plants is by FAO's who has accumulated the
a wealth of on the and development of
(FAO's publication catalogue
2) which (wild) land-uses. This
of plants is of what we call 'Non Wood
at FAO (also called non special
etc..); and fail of FAO's
both but focusing on the second one as FAO's activities in this field may be known by you.
now specifically to these non-wood feel it may be useful to that
the FAO is unique among FAO's
is in fact among the and oldest of its kind with a
that all all in a
way; and this is done in
mutually dependent.
FAO's ON NWFP.
main activities make up on and technical assistance.
A) gathering:
Successful implementation of on
on the plants themselves, the ecosystems in which they on
and on the and aspects of T h e collection,
analysis, of been a of
the beginning.
Essentially, FAO types of
1. given
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2.
on technologies, methodologies and best and3.
two types of publications:
a) the ‘Non Wood in-depth technical documents on specific
issues. Examples of issues
‘Non-wood in
and dealing with cinnamomum,
and opopanax oils.
uses, etc..).
‘Gum naval
‘Gums, and latexes of plant (gum copal,
copaiba, chicle, balata, etc
...
).dyestuffs’ (annatto, henna, lac, cochineal
...)
‘Nutmeg and ‘Edible nuts’
of
in systems’; income’
in an
affecting in
b) the ‘Non Wood News’ bulletin, which is a by FAO of 60 to
80 pages compiling all with NWFP
wide, and which made by links some
1200 people, institutions and in one
and development of B) Partnerships
essential, as FAO’s
indeed does not wish to and development activities on its own.
Obviously, it has the capability to all that is needed.
Although FAO is and as such main line of communication
is with it is needs to and welcome input
a of including the
is and to avoid duplication of so that skills
efficiently utilised.
to activity on i d e n t i ~ i n g
all involved in one way
A
copy of this is you, andit if you could kindly it to me. T h e of
will lead to the development of a global “Who is Who”
in the field of funding agencies, etc.).
this will also as a base
global on
.
technical assistance to all T h e objective of such assistance is to national capacities to effectively plan and out the full cycle of
techniques development in a
Technical assistance most dimensions of sustainable NWFP development, but
and institutional
At level, FAO is active in some 250 technical assistance in
90 in which many of them
a of FAO, but especially
the and
conclusion, let FAO, by as a policy a of technical
in field can do a deal to help with the successful development and sustainable of FAO is pleased to its
with you as well as to its the of a sustainable
development of in the
