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DocumentBulletinNon-wood news
An information bulletin on Non-Wood Forest Products
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No results found.Behind the new-look Non-Wood News is the usual wealth of information from the world of NWFPs. The Special Features section covers two different aspects of NWFPs: a specific product (bamboo) and a developing market (cosmetics and beauty care). Bamboo is versatile: it can be transformed, for example, into textiles, charcoal, vinegar, green plastic or paper and can also be used as a food source, a deodorant, an innovative building material and to fuel power stations. Reports indicate that natural c osmetics and beauty care are a huge global market, with forecasts indicating an annual growth of 9 percent through 2008. The Special Feature on Forest cosmetics: NWFP use in the beauty industry builds on this and includes information industry interest and marketing strategies (consumers are being drawn to natural products and thus their content is emphasized). As can be seen from the articles on shea butter in Africa and thanakha in Myanmar, many societies have always used and benefited from nat ural cosmetics. This issue includes other examples of traditional knowledge, such as the uses of the secretions of a poisonous tree frog in Brazil and the use by the traditional healers in India of allelopathic knowledge. -
DocumentOther documentReporte Nacional: El Estado de la Biodiversidad para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en España 2019
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No results found.These country reports are prepared as a contribution to the FAO publication, The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. The preparation of Country Reports provided an overview of existing information gaps and helped to establish a baseline information on biodiversity for food and agriculture. They also provided information on the role of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the provision of multiple ecosystem services. These country reports helped to address the following questions: • What is the state of the conservation and use of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, ecosystem services and sustainability? • What trends can be identified in the conservation and use of biodiversity for food and agriculture and in the effects of major drivers of change? • How can conservation and use of biodiversity for food and agriculture be improved and the contributions of biodiversity to food security and nutrition, ecosystem services, sustainability and the improvement of livelihoods of farmers, pastoralists, forest dwellers and fisher folk be enhanced? -
Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideGuía sobre incentivos para la inversión responsable en la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios 2021El aumento de la inversión en agricultura y sistemas alimentarios -tanto del sector privado como del público- es fundamental para mejorar la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición, reducir la pobreza y adaptarse al cambio climático. Para generar beneficios sostenibles, esta inversión debe ser responsable. ¿Qué papel deben desempeñar los incentivos a la inversión para fomentarla? Esta Guía ayuda a responder a esa pregunta. En concreto, la Guía ofrece a los responsables políticos y al personal técnico de los gobiernos una orientación sobre cómo pueden utilizarse los incentivos a la inversión (y cómo no deben utilizarse) para potenciar la inversión responsable en la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios. La Guía ofrece una visión general de la inversión responsable en la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios; examina los tipos comunes de incentivos; ofrece consideraciones generales sobre cómo pueden utilizarse los incentivos; y analiza cómo planificar, diseñar, supervisar y evaluar los incentivos a la inversión para la inversión responsable en la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios.