[enviro-vlc] Fwd: request from SNV Bhutan for information on agarwood

[vern weitzel]

Thanks Marianne, I am passing this message to the environment list.
Responses should be to Marianne Meijboom  long-marianne at hn.vnn.vn and  mmeijboom at snvworld.org
All the best, Vern

From: long-marianne <long-marianne at hn.vnn.vn>
Date: 9 September 2010 8:34:54 PM PDT
Cc:mmeijboom at snvworld.org
Reply-To: long-marianne <long-marianne at hn.vnn.vn>

Dear Vern Weitzel

Can you please share this on the enviro-vlc mailing list?

Thanks a lot and best regards,

Marianne


Dear all

I am writing from Bhutan, where I work for SNV together with the Department of 
Forests and Park Services on Non-Timber Forest Product development. In Bhutan 
we have some small scale agarwood plantations and we are looking for proper 
agarwood inducement techniques. I know that in Vietnam a lot of experiences in 
agarwood inducement were gained through the Rainforest Project as I had the 
opportunity to attend the agarwood conference in HCMC in November 2003 (I 
worked in Vietnam from 1998 to 2006 for WWF, IUCN and DED). 

In order to support the government of Bhutan, I am looking for information on 
agarwood induction, related to the following:
	Stories of success or failure of the agarwood induction methods as developed 
and patented by Prof. Robert A. Blanchette and Mr. Henry Heuvelink van Beek in 
2005 (The Rainforest Project)
	If the methods are successful, how widely are they applied and how does 
Vietnam deal with the patent?
	If the methods are not successful, what are the other methods used for 
agarwood inducement in Vietnam?

I would be very grateful if you could provide me with information on the above 
or with contact details from persons who I could contact related to agarwood 
inducement.

With kind regards.

Marianne Meijboom

SNV Bhutan
Non-wood Forest Products Specialist
Sector Leader Forest Products
PO Box 815, Thimphu, Bhutan

Mobile:   ++ 975 17662506
Tel:        ++ 975 2 323345
Fax:       ++ 975 2 322649



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