1. Rattan RDE Directions for the Next Decade Florentino O. Tesoro Project Consultant

2.  Rattan products are global items of commerce Value in global market: 2002 = USD 69.64 B 2003 = 83.49 B 2004 = 79.52 B Introduction

3.  Importance of rattan to the community: Improvement of rural livelihood: additional employment and income Opportunities for establishing business enterprises from production, processing and utilization Vehicle for expanded social benefits Opportunity to contribute to biodiversity & environmental conservation Introduction

4.  Shrinking habitat of rattan  Supply and demand – inventory of rattan  Insufficiency or absence of policies on sustainable management, harvesting, transport, processing and marketing of rattan.  Existing policies short of appropriate provisions for harnessing community participation: tenure rights & incentives, usufruct rights, Issues and Concerns

5.  Existing policies short of appropriate provisions for harnessing private sector participation: investment & involvement of private sector, credit facilities, regulations relating to certification and trade, evaluation of social and environmental values establishment of relevant standards Issues and Concerns

6.  Enterprise and business development for livelihood and income generation  Institutional linkages & network (public/private sector partnership in rattan development)  Advocacy for environmental/ecological values  AFTA impacts on rattan trade in the ASEAN [by 2010 tariff for goods originating from ASEAN countries will be reduced to 0-5%] Issues and Concerns

7.  Market situation of rattan: prices, demand, supply, marketing practices and flows by ITTO Rattan Pre-Project.  Information generated: inputs to ITTO- Philippines-ASEAN Rattan Project on utilization, plantation development and technology transfer for adoption in the ASEAN Pre-project RDE initiatives

8. Research Areas (Identified during the in 2003-  Rattan production technologies: Ecophysiology Planting system Genetic conservation Harvesting Manual/field guide ITTO Rattan Pre-project 2004)  Rattan processing and utilization technologies: Grading standards Post-harvest Product design

9. Addressing the Identified Research Areas  8 research projects on plantation and utilization funded by ITTO Philippine ASEAN Rattan Project Project code CountryProject title RPP– 1PhilippinesIsozyme analysis of Palasan (Calamus merrillii Becc. RPI – 2IndonesiaApplication of plant-derived preservatives to improve durability of rattan and rattan-based products RPP – 3PhilippinesGrading rules for rattan in the ASEAN region RPP – 4PhilippinesCommunity-based rattan plantation establishment and management

10. Addressing the Identified Research Areas Project code CountryProject title RPI – 5IndonesiaDragon blood extraction at various seed maturities level and their physico-chemical properties RPM – 6MalaysiaGrowth performance of Calamus subinermis in Sabah, Malaysia RPP – 7PhilippinesProduction of a Rattan Field Guide RPV - 8VietnamAnalysis of the roles of gender in planting rattans for forest enrichment in Doan Ket hamlet, Phuc Tien commune, Ky Son district, Hoa Binh province

11.  Community-based plantation development (seed collection, nursery establishment, site selection, plantation establishment)  Protection of rattan from pests (borers) and fungi (stain fungi) Training under the Project

12. Further RDE for Sustainable Rattan Development

13.  Community-based application of rattan plantation technology developed in the ITTO Project  Development of community rattan-based alternative enterprises [food, rattan ornamentals]  Development of rattan-based products [phytochemicals, pharmaceuticals]  Indigenous knowledge documentation  Gender roles in rattan development Further RDE for Sustainable Rattan Development

14.  Refinement and adoption of rattan grading rules and standards [pursue the initiatives of the project]  Certification and labeling  Genetic evaluation and mapping  Propagation of other rattans for commerce  Contribution of rattan to climate change mitigation  Sustainable funding mechanism for rattan plantation development [private sector participation] Further RDE for Sustainable Rattan Development

15.  Policy research on: tenure, usufruct rights, incentives to upland participants in rattan development, impacts of AFTA on rattan trading in the ASEAN  Establishment of mechanism for rattan technology- sharing among ASEAN countries [print, electronic media, joint research, exchange scientists program, symposium every 3-4 years; - need for convenor/sponsor]  Expansion of collaboration with other Asia-Pacific countries and other tropical countries like Africa Further RDE for Sustainable Rattan Development

17.  Rattan- major NTFP  Contributes to local and global economy  Significant to the livelihood in the uplands.  Source of subsistence and cash Introduction

18.  Comprehensive studies of the structure and properties of rattans for effective utilization in China funded by ITTO in 1996.  Physical and mechanical properties of Philippine rattans and chemical applications to enhance cane quality by FPRDI Previous RDE initiatives on rattan