Non-wood forest products

Technical documents

2013

2012

National strategy and action plan for non-wood forest products in the Central African Republic, August 2012 (document officially handed-over to Government in December 2012, language: French).

National strategy and action plan for the development of the non-wood forest products’ sector in the Gabonese Republic, November 2012 (document officially handed-over to Government in December 2012, language: French). 

Training report: Market Information Systems (MIS) for NWFP and preparation of a related feasibility study in Congo, Gabon and CAR, July 2012 (language: French).

Training report: Integration of COMIFAC’s NWFP guidelines and the right to food in national forestry legislations in Congo, Gabon and CAR, August 2012 (language: French).

Training of local communities in the Central African Republic on the use and transformation of Essessang/ Njansang grains (Ricinodendron heudelotii), July 2012 (language: French).

Technical Report: Second Meeting of COMIFAC’s Sub-working group on Non-wood forest products within the Working group on Biodiversity held in Brazzaville, Congo from 11 to 13 April 2012, Mai 2012 (language: French).

Training report: Market Analysis & Development Approach with focus on its 3^rd phase in Gabon, Congo and CAR, May 2012 (language: French).  

Report : “Sustainable management of non-wood forest products and the development of related markets in Central Africa: Opportunities and challenges in Cameroon” – a debate organized at PROMOTE 2011 in Yaoundé in the framework of the National Advisory Committee on non-wood forest products in Cameroon, March 2012 (language: French).

Report : Awareness raising workshop on the right to adequate food organized in the framework of the national advisory committee on non-wood forest products in the Republic of Congo, February 2012 (language: French).

Report : Awareness raising workshop on the right to adequate food organized in the framework of the national advisory committee on non-wood forest products in Gabon, February 2012 (language: French).

Report : Awareness raising workshop on the right to adequate food organized in the framework of the national advisory committee on non-wood forest products in the Central African Republic, January 2012 (language: French).

2011

Report: Training of local communities in Congo and Central African Republic  on Gnetum spp. domestication, November 2011 (language: French).

Technical Report: First Meeting of COMIFAC’s Sub-working group on Non-wood forest products within the Working group on Biodiversity held in Boali, Central African Republic from 25 to 28 August 2011, November 2011 (language: French)

Poster presented at the conference TROPENTAG in Germany: Impact of laws and regulations on the use of non-wood forest products in Central Africa (language: English, October 2011) 

Memorandum: Meeting of the National Advisory Committee on NWFP in Gabon, 15 July 2011 (July 2011, language: French) 

2010

Report: Exchange and study tour on the entrepreneurial development of the NWFP sector on regional, national and local level in Central African countries and Training on the Right to Adequate Food, December 2010 (language: French)

Memorandum: Creation of the National Advisory Committee on Non-Wood Forest Products in the Central African Republic in the frame of COMIFAC's Regional Sub-Working Group on NWFP and First meeting of the National Project Steering Committee, December 2010 (language: French)

Memorandum: Presentation of Cameroon's National Advisory Committee on Non-Wood Forest Products in the frame of COMIFAC's Regional Sub-Working Group on NWFP, November 2010 (language: French)

Internalisation of the Sub-regional directives for sustainable use of non wood forest products in Central Africa: Approach for Congo, Gabon and Central African Republic. By Armand Asseng Zé and Juliane Masuch under supervision of Ousseynou Ndoye, Jean Claude Nguinguiri and Martin Tadoum, October 2010 (language: French)

An annotated review of livelihood assessment methodologies for use by the project, by Swantje Vondran, October 2009 (language: English)

Sub-regional directives for a sustainable use of NWFP of plant origin in Central Africa, approved by COMIFAC, October 2008 (language: French)