Technical assistance on NWFPs to FAO member countries

FAO's NWFP programme provides support to FAO field projects on NWFP-related issues; assists in project identification, evaluation and monitoring; and helps countries identify donors for project funding.
Meeting on NWFP activities in Near East countries held in Lebanon
A meeting on the Development and Coordination of Regional Activities on Non-Wood Forest Products in Near East Countries was held in Beirut, Lebanon from 10 to 12 May 1999.
In the countries of the Near East there is a long tradition of management of forests and forest lands for non-wood forest products (NWFPs). Examples of products used in the region are cork, honey, edible nuts (stone pine, walnuts), carob pods, mastic gum, alpha grass, pine resin, argania oil and many plants widely used for culinary, aromatic and medicinal purposes. Some of these products are commodities traded on the international markets (cork, stone pine, aromatic and medicinal plants), while others are used on a local scale (argania oil in Morocco).
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