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DeCarlo doesn’t want to halt the trade in frankincense, which would deprive many Somalis of a livelihood. “Use it with reverence and...

Frankincense is an indispensable part of the Christmas season and Epiphany.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Gospel of Matthew never details how many Magi came from "the east"

“...the pandemic has closed businesses locally, it has played even worse havoc with international supply chains. The frankincense industry

The COSP team is thrilled to interview Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, the Chief Sustainability Scientist at the Aromatic Plant Research Center...

Across the various regions where frankincense grows, there are different cultural beliefs about the cultivation of trees. In this...

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/9/3578 Non-timber forest products have often been held out as potential tools for conservation and...

In Somaliland, a northern area of Somalia that operates as an independent country, many of the population rely on frankincense for income...

"Used in worship for millennia, the tree’s resin is in dangerous demand due to popularity of essential oils."

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432610-600-frankincense-is-a-holiday-favourite-but-its-future-is-under-threat/

One of our very own being featured in a new National Geographic Article talking about the over tapping of Frankincense....

http://wocmap2019.org/ten-fast-facts-about-frankincense/?fbclid=IwAR07-p64RgGtIV4AyTC0sN7hZfNfkB8UCr1EAp31h3jCecD7WTvEFKsD2So

"The challenge that faces this trade today is how to sustainably channel some of the gains made through the massive growth..."

http://cms.herbalgram.org/heg/volume16/08August/frankincensemyths.html?ts=1568967133&signature=98cb3a6d12784887ad2a77a7ca935d75&ts=156943...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942219300858

https://aromaticplant.org/assets/plants-08-00223.pdf

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1934578X19866307?fbclid=IwAR153r2DnbVLqSveQVfAYNDjeaWcxna5qQeIfOMsleKmZ2Pr6hFdzHC1Oxc

As more uses are found for the aromatic resin, the population of trees that produce it is on the brink of collapse.