forest resources - e.g.1 timber – construction, furniture, tools. e.g.2 fibre – Cotton, Hemp (rope), Raffia (rope, baskets),Wood cellulose (rayon). e.g.3 Resins, oils & waxes – Rubber (latex gloves, vehicle tyres), Carnauba wax (floor & car polish, confectionary coating), Palm oil (processed foods, cooking oils, biofuels). e.g.4 Food – Chocolate (from cacao), pineapple, lemons, Brazil nuts, vanilla, coffee, bananas, oranges, spices ( pepper, turmeric, cinnamon), bushmeat, new food species, genetic resources for crop breeding. e.g.5 Medicines – Cinchona trees ( Quinine, prevents malaria), Mexican wild yams (diosgenin – cortisone, treat arthritis & asthma), curare lianas (d-turbocuarine, treat multiple sclerosis & Parkinson’s disease, used in anaesthesia), Venom of the Fer-de-lance snake (used in the development for Captopril that reduces blood pressure)