Linking Peoples and Forests
What are NTFPs?
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are defined as "all biological materials, other than timber, which are extracted from forests for human use."
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Recent News, Events and Blogs
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September 9, 2025 - News
Nurturing Wild Foods, Strengthening Indigenous Communities in India and the Philippines -
July 23, 2025 - Events
Strengthening Livelihoods through Sustainable NTFP Management in Cambodia -
June 30, 2025 - Events
Strengthening Forest-Based Livelihoods: Lao PDR and Myanmar Delegates Visit Philippines for a Learning Exchange on NTFP Social Enterprises -
June 24, 2025 - Events
YEEHAYEEHA 2025 Highlights Youth Leadership in Inclusive Forest Governance -
June 4, 2025 -
World Bee Day 2025Buzzing with Purpose: How Bees and Nature Sustain Us -
April 8, 2025 - Events
AFoCO-CLMV launches very first Marketing Summit in Siem Reap, Cambodia -
February 27, 2025 -
Wild Foods in Asia Expert Group Kicks Off with Inception Meeting -
February 24, 2025 -
Looking back on a productive week in Luang Prabang—AFoCO-CLMV assessment for 2024 and planning for 2025 -
January 7, 2025 - News
Urgent call to Minister Klever and the Dutch House of Representatives: A new policy framework for a stronger civil society -
December 17, 2024 - Events
NTFP Marketing Summit of Partner Communities in Pakse City, Champasak Province, Lao PDR
Knowledge Center
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Hive- The NTFP e-learning platformFor many years, experts have studied the collective intelligence of insects such as bees in the way they communicate in nature. It has been discovered that the information exchange among individual bees is perhaps the most essential component of the swarm’s knowledge sharing system. Bees exhibit this dynamic interaction in the ways they strategize and socialize as they forage for food from floral sources and carry it back into their command center– the HIVE. -
NTFP DatabaseThis database aims to become a comprehensive source of data on non-timber forest products in the South and Southeast region. It showcases those NTFPs in the six countries where EP partners have a presence, namely India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. The database is more than just an online profile of NTFPs. Other interesting and lesser known information in relation to socio-cultural roles, management practices, and specific are recognised.
