NTFP Consultation Workshop
Hanoi, Viet Nam
16th October 2014
Rural communities throughout the world are seizing new opportunities to build livelihoods based on emerging niche markets that rely on and contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources. These include small, but growing markets for ecotourism and also non-timber forest products (NTFPs) including herbs, honey, and mushrooms, bamboo, rattan, medicines, and cosmetics.
CEP supported Viet Nam’s Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources to hold a consultation workshop on NTFP opportunities on 17 October in Hue city.
The workshop aimed to inform CEP livelihood support activities currently being planned for Viet Nam by identifying potential NTFP opportunities as well as best practices on implementing successful NTFP interventions.
More than 40 participants attended, including senior government officials and representatives from international and national research institutes and organizations, as well as business sector delegates.
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| File Name | Size | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Overview of CEP and Value Chain-Workshop on Value Chain in Hue.pdf | N/A | 23-10-2014 |
| 2. Agroforestry Priorities for NTFP-Workshop on Value Chain in Hue.pdf | N/A | 23-10-2014 |
| 3. Sustainable Development of Land Resources-Workshop on Value Chain in Hue.pdf | N/A | 23-10-2014 |
| 4. Value Chain Studies of NTFPs in Central Provinces of Viet Nam.pdf | N/A | 23-10-2014 |
| 5. Development Opportunity of Pharmaceutical Plants In Viet Nam Central.pdf | N/A | 23-10-2014 |
| 6. Rattan Project_ NTFP Value chain Workshop Oct 17_WWF.pdf | N/A | 23-10-2014 |
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