Hosted by the Viet Nam NTFP Project Phase II, The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), this conference will address the following questions: Under what conditions can NTFPs, both plants and animals, be sustainably harvested? Can on-farm production of NTFPs result in improved biodiversity conservation? Does commercialization of NTFPs result in over-harvesting? What is needed for markets to be pro-poor? Are attempts to develop NTFPs for poverty alleviation really reaching the poorest of the poor? And, to what extent are these attempts impacting biodiversity conservation?  

dates: 11-15 June 2007  
location: Hanoi, Viet Nam  
contact: Sarah Webster, IUCN  
phone: 84-4-7261575/6 Ext. 133  
fax: 84-4-7261561  
e-mail: sarahweb@iucn.org.vn  
www: http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/events/Anouncement_24-3-2007.pdf