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Founded in 1983 the INCs Mission is to be the International source for information on nuts and dried fruits

Health & Nutrition

Trade Agreements

Trade Quality Standards

Ethics and Social

ResponsabilityFood Safety

Government Standards

670 Companies76 Countries

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Tree Nuts $33 Billion

Forest Tree Nuts $6 Billion

Brazil Nuts$220 Million25,000 Metric Ton

Pine Nuts$1 Billion25,000 Metric Ton

Cashew Nut$4.5 Billion600,000 Metric Ton

Chestnuts$2 Million800 Metric Ton

Ginkgo Nuts$100 Million 50,000 Metric Ton

Apricot Nut Kernel$150 Million50,000 Metric Ton

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The Forests

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America

PeruBoliviaBrazil

PortugalSpainItalyPolandTurkey

West & East Coast of AfricaMadagascar

PakistanIndia

ChinaMongoliaSiberiaNorth KoreaVietnam

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Forest Management projects in Brazil and China

Interoceanic Highway

Help extract and export produce from the forest

Develop cities which are on the path of highway.

China’s halt on Deforestation

• 35 million pine trees fell between 1949 and 2003.

• Since 2003 policy changes including fiscal changes. Have resulted in 1M new trees being planted

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The Nut Producing Forests supports over 12 Million People

• Brazil Nuts 250,000 people in South America• Cashews 10 million people in Africa in 14 countries• Pine Nuts support

• 550,000 people in China • 200,000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan,• 40,000 people in Russia

SummaryIt is essential that governments continue to fight deforestation

• Improve Infrastructure• Allow the sustainable extraction of food products from the forest• Increase financial benefits • Introduce practical and long lasting forest management policies

Protect the environment, improve the livelihood of millions of forest dependent communities around the world, and sustain our forests.