期刊名称:International Institute for Asian Studies Annual Report
出版年度:2007
期号:45
出版社:International Institute for Asian Studies
摘要:Buddhist m onks, Arabic perfumers, Japane se i ncense producers and Papuan collectors were just som e of the cast of the 2nd Inter national Agarwood Confer ence (March 20 07, B ang kok). Participants came from more than thirty countries. The 'world of science' was repre-sented by wood pathologists, anthropolo-gists, foresters, economists and laboratory analysts each with their specific research interests. Alongside the scientists were entrepreneurs from Australi a, Malaysia and the United States, potential investors in the opportunities that Aquilaria planta-tions offer. Finally there were nature con-servationi sts concerned with the survival of the tree species. In total more than 120 people, (covering the full agarwood spec-tr um from production to consum ption), came together to discuss the future life of the infected wood of a wounded tree