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A view from within:
the forest and its resources from a community perspective
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What NTFP is that?
Food, materials for crafts, building materials, medicine, and rituals … these are just a few uses of non-timber forest products. NTFPs are "all biological materials, other than timber, which are extracted from forests for human use."
Learn more about specific NTFPs upon which communities across the region rely on for their livelihoods as well as to sustain their traditions. Search our NTFP database, a collaborative project of the partners of NTFP-EP. Enter the database here.
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 | "The Manila Declaration" on Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs)
approved and delivered at the ‘First National Conference on ICCAs in the Philippines’
Hosted by the National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of The Philippines (UP) and co-organised by NewCAPP, KASAPI and PAFID (Philippine Association for Intercultural Development) this conference was the first of its kind. It brought together Indigenous People leaders from ancestral domains representing the country’s key biodiversity areas as well as government representatives, local and international NGOs, UN agencies, and cooperation agencies from numerous countries.
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| |  | Eko-Sertifikasi Rotan
by Aftrinal Lubis, Konsorsium pendukung Sitem Hutan Kerakyatan (KPSHK) Sertifikasi Pengelolaan Hutan Lestari berdasar Prinsip dan Kriteria FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) penting untuk keberlanjutan hutan Indonesia. Sertifikasi perlu dilakukan agar pengusahaan hutan di Indonesia tetap berlanjut dan merupakan tuntutan dari pasar kayu di Eropa dan Amerika.
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|  | Faith in Farmers! Prospects for a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) for Rattan Certification
Mathew John, Keystone Foundation & Crissy Guerrero, NTFP-EP Exchange Programme CICO Resort in Bogor – a beautiful eco-friendly space that seemed to bring out the best in the presentations and debate that took place on the first day. Stakeholders from all along the value chain were present for this workshop – farmers, traders, ministries of trade and forestry and many others made up the discussion group. The workshop on Rattan Eco-Certification took place in Bogor, Indonesia on the 6th& 7th of March, 2012. It began with Ramadhani from CIFOR providing a background to the Rattan Industry – the history, trends and the legalities involved in trade. Rattan planting began in the 1800s and, for certain species, it is a sort of an in-between crop between wild and cultivation as indigenous farmers are planting it in agroforestry systems.
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|  | Ati festival in Panay dreams of cultural revival
MALAY, Aklan – Their costumes may not be as glitzy as those of the Ati-Atihan revelers of popular culture, but even in simple patadyong and cloth G-string, the Aeta folk held a distinctive flair as they marched from the local school to the municipal covered court.
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|  | REDD Plus Implications to IPs given light at the National Indigenous Cultural Summit
Manila, PHILIPPINES - More than a hundred indigenous peoples, coming from different tribes from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, have gathered last October 13 at the National Museum in Manila in the first ever national Indigenous Peoples Cultural Summit.
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What is the NTFP Exchange Programme?
We are a collaborative network of non-governmental organisations
and community-based organisations in South and Southeast Asia.
We work with forest-based communities to strengthen their capacity
in sustainable management of natural resources. Over the years,
the NTFP-EP has grown into a dynamic network, with over 40 partner
organisations and major contacts in India, the Philippines,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia.
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