1 Detailed Report of Selected Non-Wood Forest Product
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DETAILED REPORT OF SELECTED NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCT; RESIN in TURKEY 31 August 2020, Edited Draft 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................. 4 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................. 6 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................ 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 9 1. CHAPTER I: Introduction ...................................................................................................... 10 2. CHAPTER II: Production and Capacity ................................................................................... 11 2.1. Production ............................................................................................................................. 11 2.2. Eligible Trees .......................................................................................................................... 12 2.3. Economical Yield .................................................................................................................... 15 2.4. Trade in Turkey ...................................................................................................................... 17 3. CHAPTER III: Specific Sectoral Policies ................................................................................. 18 3.1. Communique on NWFPs ....................................................................................................... 18 3.2. Action Plans-Resin Action Plan (2017-2021) ......................................................................... 18 3.3. Technical Guidelines .............................................................................................................. 19 3.3.1. Works and processes to be applied before resin production ....................................... 20 3.3.2. Principles to be applied in resin production .................................................................. 21 3.3.3. Principles to be followed in the completion of resin production.................................. 21 3.3.4. Rules to be followed during resin sales ......................................................................... 21 3.4. Utilization Plans ..................................................................................................................... 22 3.5. Standards ............................................................................................................................... 22 3.6. Council Resolutions ............................................................................................................... 22 3.7. Inventory Procedures ............................................................................................................ 23 3.8. Production Procedures .......................................................................................................... 23 4. CHAPTER IV: ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ......................................................................... 24 5. CHAPTER V: CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................... 25 5.1. Diseases ................................................................................................................................. 25 5.2. Problems in Production and Harvesting Phase ..................................................................... 25 6. CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................. 26 ANNEXES.................................................................................................................................... 27 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................... 29 2 Tables Table 1. Prices of 1 ton resin at different stage .................................................................................... 16 Table 2 Countries and Pine Species Used in Resin Production ............................................................. 16 Table 3. Imported / Domestic Production Resin Price USD / ton.......................................................... 17 Table 4. Balsamic Oils with natural resins ............................................................................................. 18 Figures Figure 1. Turkey's Annual Resin Production-ton/year .......................................................................... 12 Figure 2. Potensial resin production area of Turkey (ha) ...................................................................... 13 Figure 3. Prices of 1 ton resin at different stage ................................................................................... 16 Figure 4. Natural resin import to Turkey/year/ton ............................................................................... 17 Figure 5. Imported / Domestic Production Resin Price USD / ton ........................................................ 17 Figure 6. Natural resin production/ goal ............................................................................................... 19 Figure 7. The Regional Directorates of Forestry eligibile to produce natural resin .............................. 24 PICTURES Picture 1. A resine on Pinus brutia tree................................................................................................. 10 Picture 2. Pinus brutia foliage ............................................................................................................... 13 Picture 3. Pinus pinaster cone ............................................................................................................... 14 Picture 4. Resin production from trees ................................................................................................. 14 Picture 5. Thaumetopoea pityocampa on red pine .............................................................................. 25 Text Boxes Text Box 1. Formal description of natural resin, resinoid and oleoresin .............................................. 11 3 FOREWORD A Letter of Agreement (LoA) was signed between Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Chamber of Forest Engineers of Turkey (CFE) for "Provision of Technical Guidelines on sustainable management of NWFPs and the Status Reports on specific selected products” on 20 December 2019. According to this LoA, the Service Provider undertook the following activities: 1. Identify, select and showcase Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) that have economic impact on rural and national economies and environmental importance in the sense of biodiversity. 2. Review the existing national policies and action plans related to specific NWFPs in Turkey and provide recommendations to strengthen governance. 3. Analyze and map out the selected NWFPs taking into account the potential impact on rural workforce, in particular women and youth. 4. Conduct consultation meetings on the findings of the review with relevant stakeholders (local, national and private) to enhance their inputs. 5. Prepare guidelines on sustainable management, production and marketing of NWFPs in line with international standards and market requirements. 6. Prepare Status Update Reports on the selected NWFPs along with recommendation in the value chain. 7. Consolidate the findings with other ongoing projects in REU or Mediterranean Region. In this context, a preparatory meeting was held on 15 January 2020 with the presence of relevant people from the General Directorate of Forestry of Turkey (GDF) and CFE. A working group was established to carry out the necessary studies. This working group selected chestnut, laurel, pine honey, resin and truffle as the NWFPs to work in detail due to their importance of "economic value, contribution to biodiversity and the potential impact on rural workforce, in particular women and youth" as stated in the LoA. After several meetings and examining case studies, this report entitled “DETAILED REPORT OF SELECTED NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCT; RESIN” was prepared. It gives general information about truffle as one of the most important NWFPs in Turkey. It contains six main chapters namely i) introduction, ii) economical value and usage, iii) specific sectoral policies, iv) administrative structure, v) challenges and recommendations, iv) conclusions and additional sections as annexes and references. As of 31h of August, 2020, the Chamber of Forest Engineers officially submitted the “Edited Draft Report” to FAO for review. 4 METHODOLOGY This report gives detailed information about resin as NWFPs in Turkey. While preparing this report, the following issues and case studies have been taken into consideration: 1. Opinions and contributions of CFE, GDF and FAO Experts, 2. Turkey's current legislation and practices, 3. FAO's web page on non-wood forest products1 4. Other publications on the subject, especially the publication "Non ‐ Wood Forest Products in International Statistical Systems"2 5. Web pages of completed or ongoing projects, and publications and reports produced within this framework: a. INCREDIBLE3 b. StarTree4 The