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The Global Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) Partnership aims to link global, regional, and national organizations currently engaged in research and development activities concerning the systematic conservation and management of NTFPs in four regions: Africa, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and South Asia. Leveraging a regionally-focused global network, the NTFP Partnership will raise the profile of NTFPs and enhance capacities, relevance and effectiveness of partners, producers and all other stakeholders. With currently 25 members (see Partners) from different stakeholder constituencies (Private Sector, NGOs, NARS, IARCs, Intergovernmental Organizations, Commodity Bodies) and in all regions of the developing world as well as in Europe, the Partnership is in a position to mobilize formidable knowledge and technical resources. Through local investments in marketing, management, and policy research relevant to NTFP production, the Partnership will aim to create a virtuous cycle where success breeds greater interest, and greater interest breeds further success.

The work of the Partnership will be guided by vision, mission and goals as follows:

Vision: To promote collaborative efforts, synergies and economies of scale for addressing strategic NTFPs research and development issues of global relevance for contributing to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Mission: Develop, provide, and promote best practices, relevant information sharing, sound technologies, ethical trade & enterprise activities, sound conservation and development solutions, and pro-poor policies and institutional framework to benefit people and environment. Contribute to sustainable forest management through social and environmentally friendly economic solutions to the use of NTFPs to benefit NTFP-dependent rural communities around the world.

Goals:

1. Strengthened profiles of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and stakeholders

2. Enhanced capacities of partners and producers

3. Improved NTFP frameworks: markets, policies, and livelihood opportunities

4. Improved NTFP management systems