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Renewed attention Frankincense in peril

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January 9, 2020

Our FEM paper on “Frankincense in peril” (Nature Sustainability, July 2019) got, after all the attention in July, an extra round of attention just before Christmas, together with the foundation of the Global Frankincense Alliance in November (see Volkskrant interview).

In the media

• December 18, 2019 - NewScientist: "Frankincense is a holiday favourite, but its future is under threat"
• December 13, 2019 - National Geographic : " Frankincense trees—of biblical lore—are being tapped out for essential oils"
• December 10, 2019 - de Volkskrant (Dutch news paper): "Dit reddingsplan moet de wierookboom redden (want ja, die wordt bedreigd)"
• July 1, 2019 - Previous FEM news item "Frankincense in peril"

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• Frankincense in peril

  Bongers, Frans , Groenendijk, Peter , Bekele, Tesfaye , Birhane, Emiru , Damtew, Abebe , Decuyper, Mathieu , Eshete, Abeje , Gezahgne, Alemu , Girma, Atkilt , Khamis, Mohamed A. , Lemenih, Mulugeta , Mengistu, Tefera , Ogbazghi, Woldeselassie , Sass-Klaassen, Ute , Tadesse, Wubalem , Teshome, Mindaye , Tolera, Motuma , Sterck, Frank J. , Zuidema, Pieter A. (2019) Nature Sustainability (2019), Volume: 2 - ISSN 2398-9629 - p. 602-610.