Finalists Chosen – Worldwide Voting Underway

Five finalists have been chosen for the DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibers Award 2017. The five finalists represent a diverse set of technologies and approaches, each with good commercial possibilities: …

Abaca is indigenous to the Philippines

Abaca fibers were already being woven into breathable fabrics, used in hats and made into sturdy sandals in different parts of the Philippines long before the Spaniards arrived in 1521. Up …

China Rediscovers Hemp

China’s Heilongjiang Province massively steps up its research and development efforts to make fine, environmentally friendly hemp fibres a large-scale alternative to cotton. Additionally, experts work on hemp foods and …

Plastic Waste: German Seas suffer also

The Group of Twenty (G20), composed of the most important industrial and emerging countries, has agreed on an action plan against marine garbage, especially plastic, at a conference from May …

DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award 2017

The Discover Natural Fibre Initiative (DNFI) was created in January 2010 as an outgrowth of the International Year of Natural Fibres 2009, which had been declared by the United Nations …

Mohair

Link to: International Year of Natural Fibres 2009: Mohair Link to: Current information about Mohair Wikipedia: Mohair – Ankara Keçisi Mohair Facts: “Mohair” is derived from Arabic (mukhayyar, a goat’s …