Linking people and forests

NTFP-EP aims to strengthen the capacity of forest-based communities and their support organizations. Employing a participatory strategy, NTFP-EP empowers its partners.

The Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) is a regional non-profit organization with its headquarters based in Manila, Philippines and its programmes are being implementing in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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.

Our 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.

Our Mission

NTFP-EP’s mission is to act as a catalyst in empowering local organizations working with marginalized, forest dependent communities, mainly indigenous peoples (IPs) in Asia,

Our Goal

Our Goal NTFP-EP’s goal is to secure the empowerment of forest-dependent communities through programmes on community conservation and resource management, indigenous fce, sustainable community livelihoods in Asia.

Happy 10th Years Anniversary of NTFP-EP Cambodia, we have much contributed to the healthy of forests through Capacity development Network building and Knowledge management.

Enterprise Development Programme (EDP)

The rationale for Enterprise Development Programme is to achieve dual goal: conservation and livelihood enhancement, i.e. improving incomes and livelihood local residents, especially Indigenous People, while addressing issue of natural resources degradation. The Program is considered as one of key strategic programmes of NTFP-EP Cambodia. It focuses on a number of relevant aspects including the…

Natural Resource Governance (NRG)

Natural Resource Governance (Impact) The governance of the natural resources of the Cambodian state has been considered as a major issue affecting the way in which people and the state is interacting. Research suggested that natural resource exploitation in a national (or even regional) scale in the name of economic development has been a phenomenon,…

Expertise

NTFP-EP has a long experience in promoting the rights of the people in the utilization of the none-timber forest products. In Cambodia, some of the main organization expertise include the promotion of tenure rights, partnership for the protection of forestry and fishery, and NTFP-based livelihood. Tenure rights of the people regardless their

Services

NTFP-EP Cambodia has been working with numbers of forest-based communities and NGO partners to strengthen their capacity in community based enterprise development and natural resources sustainable management. To ensure all the project successes, NTFP-EP offers number of services to communities, partners stakeholder as bellow