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11 December 2005

Morel price touches a record high

Price of morel mushroom (Morchella conica) touched NRs 7,000/Kg in August 2005 and remained at the same level in September 2005 in Nepalgunj on the backdrop of strong…

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11 December 2005

Allo and hemp exports up by 49%

Export of Allo and Hemp products in the first 10 month of FY 2061/62 touched NRs 50.81 million, representing an increase of 49% compared to same period last year, says…

13 July 2005

Standard for FSC timber certification developed

July 13, 2005 Interim standard for Forest Stewardship Council timber certification has been developed in coordination with the forest based grassroots people, national…

13 July 2005

Forest user groups moving for international markets that care for sustainability

July 13, 2005 Publication name: Newsletter of NMPB, MAPPA & MPCNAuthor: Dr. Bhishma P. SubediDate: 2005 Short article about the Non Timber Forest Product Promotion…

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11 January 2005

FSC Certified 10,500 ha of Forest in Dolakha and Bajhang

A conference on forest certification and sustainable marketing of NTFP is organized by ANSAB in a context when Rainforest Alliance/SmartWood is to award the first…

10 January 2005

Forest user groups recognized for meeting highest international standards of sustainability

January 10, 2005 Rainforest Alliance/SmartWood is to award the first community based nontimber forest products (NTFP) Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification in…

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8 October 2004

Public briefing paper: SmartWood group forest management certification assessment of FECOFUN

Introduction The SmartWood Program of the Rainforest Alliance is conducting a group certification assessment of the forest management of the Federation of Community…

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30 July 2004

Initiative taken in NTFP policy research

The community forest and NTFP policy research workshop held on July 28-30, 2004 on Godavari come to an end with tangible findings, a concrete result of participatory…

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25 June 2004

Chain of Custody training

On June 25, 2004, a chain of Custody training was held at the Sunset View Hotel. Approximately 25 people were in attendance. The workshop covered: an overview of Forest…

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2 June 2004

ANSAB board meeting held

ANSAB board held its annual meeting on May 31-June 2, 2004 in Nainital, India. The meeting where all the board members attended was presided over by the chairman of…

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10 January 2004

PPA Review and Planning Workshop

ANSAB organized the two day Annual Review and Planning Meeting on January 9th and 10th, 2004 inGodavari,Kathmandu. The meeting brought together vital representatives…

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1 January 2004

GCP synthesis workshop

A three day long workshop was organized in order to draw lessons learnt from GCP-enterprise based biodiversity conservation project, the five years project implemented…