这里是位于加纳中部地区海岸角市的一个小村庄（MOREE），这个村庄的人们在农业劳作后的主要活动就是制作独木舟和捕鱼。
捕鱼有一些规则、禁令和仪式，总而言之，渔民有他们自己的传统捕鱼方式。所有的过程都在代代相传。而这一切都始于独木舟的制作，这也是一个漫长的过程。据他们说，捕鱼对加纳国家，特别是对他们的家庭都很有帮助。为了制作一只独木舟，他们用了一种当地语言叫做“WAWA”的树干。看到他们在那块长长的木板上工作是非常令人惊叹的。
MOREE的渔民们表示，木材是他们的生计，停止使用木材，将意味着停止他们的生活，所以他们不会浪费木材，只在需要和必要时使用木材。他们明白，应该要以一种负责任的方式使用木材，因为他们的生存取决于木材和其他森林产品的耐久性。大家应该团结在一起，为自己和子孙后代保护他们的森林。
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南洋杉，作为巴西库里蒂巴的市树，是恐龙时代的古老树种。距今约 2.5 亿年的南洋杉化石就出现在巴拉那州的Irati市。Embrapa Forestry 研究员Ivar Wendling 博士为我们详细介绍了南洋杉的重要价值，从育苗、坚果生产到木材以及木材纤维的利用。南洋杉是巴西、阿根廷和巴拉圭的原生树种，它在众多方面为动物、人类和自然环境做出了巨大贡献，也帮助我们了解了过去年代的气候变化。
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岐阜县坐落于日本中心位置，因拥有80%森林覆盖率而闻名。岐阜县铭木市场聚体了国内外的贸易商，购买或出售从板材到原木的各种木原料。
岐阜县珍贵木材合作社建于1947年，一直传承唯一的竞价系统，每个竞价系统竞标间隔为几秒钟，拍卖者便转向下一步或者其他代售项目中，所有感兴趣的买家都按照理想的价格有序投标。
国际木文化学会在2012年6月首次去往岐阜县铭木市场，参加了为期两天的岐阜铭青会特别市，并采访了岐阜县珍贵木材合作社理事长籏政广。为更好介绍和记录这种独特的木文化，国际木文化学会此次再访籏政广理事长，以了解岐阜县铭木市场的历史、经营状况、珍贵木材及其故事和经验，并记录了一年一度传统重大活动。
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景真八角亭旁有间寺庙，属于小乘佛教。当地居民会捐款给寺庙，一方面是希望能够获得佛祖的保佑，二方面也是提供资金给寺庙进行改建，而捐款的人名会被写在墙壁上，以资纪念。影片也介绍小乘佛教的祭拜方式，寺庙建筑以及庆典活动等。
文字：王逸宁
编辑：刘柯珍
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坐落在八角亭旁最大棵的就是菩提树，树旁有许多相辅相依的宗教植物。我们看到的开花树，又称“地涌金莲”，其名称取其形状似观音莲坐，属芭蕉科，又有鸡蛋花，蕨类植物等共生于其上，因此一棵菩提树就是一座植物园。
文字：王逸宁
编辑：刘柯珍
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The social, religious and magico-cultural aspects of wood and its contributions to sustainable rural and national development in Nigeria
活动名称：木艺木趣国际研讨会暨展览会
时间地点：2011年10月19日，印度班加罗尔J N Tata多功能礼堂
演讲嘉宾：Victor Adekunle
演讲题目：The social, religious and magico-cultural aspects of wood and its contributions to sustainable rural and national development in Nigeria
摘要：Wood is the most versatile material that has ever been known and a material that has contributed immensely to the development of nations that are richly endowed with it. Nigeria is a tropical country with good productive wood resource base (forest). This study therefore assessed the social, religious and magico-cultural roles of wood and its contributions to rural and sustainable national development. Data on religious and socio-cultural roles and other important utilization patterns were collected through questionnaire administration, discussion with key informants and observation. The data on the roles of wood for sustainable development and increasing higher-value wood, now and in future, were collected from records and literatures. This study expatiated on wood utilization from religious perspective, trees and national identity, different cultural products from wood, traditional herbal medicine, wood and fetishism, musical instruments from wood and the aesthetic products of wood. Specific wood species involved in each of the utilization patterns were identified. For other utilization patterns, wood is relied on as the only source of industrial and domestic cooking, the only source of lumber, poles, stakes, handles for farm tools, hunting tools, shelter, canoes, and household utensils. On national development and sustainable future, the study reviewed the development of wood industries in Nigeria, employment and trade in wood and wood products as sources of rural and urban income. It assessed the present status of the various large and small-scale wood industries in Nigeria and their contributions to national development. Finally, the paper proposes some recommendations on how wood use and sustainable development can be strengthened with the view of promoting higher-value wood use at the local and national levels Nigeria.
Mr. Victor Adekunle comes from Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, NIGERIA.
编辑：陈瑶
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The inheriting and development of Hongmu culture in China
活动名称：木艺木趣国际研讨会暨展览会
时间地点：2011年10月19日，印度班加罗尔J N Tata多功能礼堂
演讲嘉宾：姜笑梅
演讲题目：The inheriting and development of Hongmu culture in China
摘要：This paper introduced the Hongmu is the carrier of the Ming & Qing Furniture, viz. broad noun of the woods for making these furniture, which bearing the weight of Chinese nation culture & element in Ming and Qing dynasty. The upsurge of the Hongmu products is rising now; it is the inheriting and development of Hongmu culture in China. The paper tries to explain the reason of most Chinese like Hongmu. Moreover, this paper deciphers the definition and taxonomy of Hongmu in up-to-date market, its source; for the sustainable utilization of Hongmu resources, Chinese government advocate cultivating precious species including Hongmu species. The paper also suggested that wood species for making Chinese classical furniture should be enlarged by applying other precious woods instead of Hongmu.
Ms. Jiang Xiaomei is a professor in the Institute of Wood Industry at the Chinese Academy of Forestry. Her research interests include wood anatomy, wood properties & utilization. She has published 5 books & over 100 papers on these topics. Professor Jiang with her group provides service by wood identification for several departments of China including timber trade companies, forensic, archaeological units. She is associated with teaching, training and formulation of Chinese standards for timber usage.
编辑：陈瑶
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The Wood Legacy of Kallai: lessons for the future
活动名称：木艺木趣国际研讨会暨展览会
时间地点：2011年10月19日，印度班加罗尔J N Tata多功能礼堂
演讲嘉宾：Kunhamu, T.K.
演讲题目：The Wood Legacy of Kallai: lessons for the future
摘要：The Malabar region of Kerala enjoyed a prominent place in international wood trade from time immemorial. The fertile river deltas and floristic richness of the Western Ghat make the region the land of innumerable tree species of economic and ecological significance. Among the timber trade centers in Malabar, Kallai, in Calicut, stood out as one of the pioneer and premier centers of wood trade that dates back beyond the era of the Zamorins. Kallai, once the "hub of timber market" in south Asia, dictated international timber prices for several decades. The period 1950-70 was the golden period of Kallai. Bountiful supply of good quality structural timbers such as teak, rose wood, and karimaruthu (Terminalia tomentosa) from private and government forests and cheaper transport through the Chaliyar river and heavy wood demand in the national and international market lead to the proliferation of saw mills during this time. It is reported that almost 150 large and small saw mills operated along the banks of Kallai river during this period.
Many factors contributed to the legacy of Kallai as an acclaimed wood trade centre. The demand for specific wood products such as long teakwood planks of specific sizes for the manufacture and repair of large country boats (used by the royal navy) was a major international influence. The teak wood from the nearby Nilambur had high demand in the international market owing to its golden brown colour, strength and durability. In addition, the wood for making railway sleepers in southern India was delivered through Kallai. Kallai was supplying wood raw materials for the packing case industry that flourished in Tamil Nadu and Andhrapradesh during the eighties. The glory of Kallai faded in the late 70‘s primarily on account of the acute dearth for wood raw materials. Enactment of Land Ceiling Act, vesting and assignment of private forests and increased governmental control on the felling of trees were some of the factors that lead to the shortage of quality timber trees. The scarcity of high quality timber species led to a shift towards the use of second quality timber species such as Terminalia bellerica (Thanni)- for small timber use in Tamil Nadu, mango- for plywood and packing case, ben teak for lorry body building, Artocarpus hirsutus (Anjili) for country boat construction etc.
The wood trade history of Calicut is best known for its royal and elegant country boats known as "Uru" constructed at Beypore, a small coastal town near Calicut. "Uru" built by the traditional shipbuilders known as Khalasis has a centuries old tradition. The uru made from Beypore had high demand in the Middle East and Europe for its exceptional design and stability. However, the Uru trade faced serious setbacks since the mid eighties. The acute scarcity of quality timbers such as teak, karimaruthu, rose wood (Dalbergia latifolia), and pali (Palaquium elipticum) was the major factor for this. Yet another reason was the non availability of wooden spares for the repair and maintenance of urus at the traded countries, primarily due to the stringent government policy on the export and import of wood. Despite this, there is now resurgence in uru manufacture primarily on account of its utility in the tourism sector. This article critically analyses the reasons for the rise and fall of Kallai as a premier wood trade centre and tries to draw lessons on diversification of wood products as well as enhancing the wood availability from areas outside conventional forests areas etc.
关键词：wood trade- structural timbers- uru (country boat)- Beypore- Kerala
Kunhamu, T.K, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University (PO), Thrissur – 680 656, Kerala, India
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