The NTFP-EP is a collaborative network of over 60 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) working with forest-based communities to strengthen their capacity in the sustainable management of natural resources in the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
History
About a hundred million people living in and around forests in South and Southeast Asia depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for their subsistence and cash income. NTFPs and NTFP-derived products such as furniture, honey, varnish, beeswax candles, herbal medicine and many others are necessities in urban communities and big cities, too.
However, communities often have no access to strategic information, practical technology, and financial support to make viable enterprises. A handful of organizations saw this link between sustainable use of forest resources and economic development for indigenous peoples (IPs) and forest communities. The Non-Timber Forest Products-Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) sprung from a need for these organizations working with forest communities to come together to push for and promote the NTFP concept for forest conservation and livelihood enhancement.
Vision
NTFP-EP envisions self-empowered generations of forest-dependent communities, contributing to and benefiting from sustainably-managed forested landscapes and ecosystems, knowledge and cultural traditions
Contacts
20A Maaralin, Barangay Central, Diliman Quezon City 1100, Philippines
Office: +632 (02) 8967-6127
Email: info@ntfp.org
#17B, Street 494, Sangkat Phsa Deum Tkhov, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Mobile: +855 (0)12 811 817
Office: +855(0) 23 23 24 79/ 078 888 507
Email: info.cambodia@ntfp.org
c/o Keystone Foundation, Grove Hill Road, PB No. 35, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, India
Telephone: +91 (04266) 272277, 272977
Email: kf@keystone-foundation.org
Jl. Puspa sari Blok w6 no. 1i Kedung Waringing Tanah Sareal kota Bogor 16164, Indonesia
Telephone: +62 251-8378829
Email: info.indonesia@ntfp.org
Lot 6788, 1st Floor,Taman Tunku Commercial Centre 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
Telephone: +60 85 611 933
61 Masikap Extension, Barangay Central, Diliman Quezon City 1100, Philippines
Telephone: +63 (02) 8356-5374
Email: info.philippines@ntfp.org
60 Nguyen Du Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Telephone: (+84) 28. 3824.7500
Email: info.vietnam@ntfp.org
