Organizer: Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, Govt. of M.P. (MPFD)
M.P. Minor Forest Produce Co-operative Federaton Ltd.
Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
Venue: RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration, Bhopal
Description:
Madhya Pradesh Minor Forest Produce Federation, IIFM and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department have since long been involved in providing livelihood opportunities to forest dwellers and rural households through some direct intervention and also through research and development initiatives. But it is strongly felt that there are many grey areas where still a lot is needed to be done. Further, many good thing are happening around the globe in the field of NWFP management related issues. There are plenty of success stories regarding sustainable livelihood through NWFP marketing & trading. Madhya Pradesh wishes to learn from such experiences. It is in this background MPMFP Federation is organizing an international conference on NWFP.
The theme of the conference is "Management of NWFPs for Sustained Livelihood". It will be organized during 17-19 December 2011 in commemoration of International Year of Forestry and Completion of 150 years of Scientific Forestry. In Madhya Pradesh the main organizer of the event is MPMFP Federation and the co partner is IIFM. MPFD is the sponsor of the event. We are looking for national and international participation of experts and eminent personalities working in the field of NWFP during this prestigious knowledge sharing event.
The conference gives an opportunity for researchers, policy makers, managers, professionals from different private sectors in Asia and other regions of the world to exchange and share methodologies, approaches, information on products, market and lessons learnt from NWFPs conservation and development initiatives.
Topics:
- NWFP Based Livelihood
- Strategies for Conservation & Sustainable management of NWFP
- NWFP Resource Assessment and Monitoring
- NWFP certification and its Challenges
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Contact details:
NWFP Conference Secretariat
Minor Forest Produce Processing and Research Center (MFP-PARC) Barkheda Pathani, BHEL Township
Bhopal(M.P.)
+91-755-2417670, 2481965
email: ntfpcon.secretariat@gmail.com
Website: http://www.nwfpcon.com / http://mfpfederation.org
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