Abaca
Abacá ( ah-bə-KAH; Filipino: Abaka [ɐbɐˈka]), binomial name Musa textilis, is a species of banana native to the Philippines, grown as a commercial crop in the Philippines, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The plant, also known as Manila hemp, has great economic importance, being harvested for its fiber, also called Manila hemp, extracted from the leaf-stems. Abacá is also the traditional source of lustrous fiber hand-loomed into various indigenous textiles in the Philippines like t'nalak, as well as colonial-era sheer luxury fabrics known as nipis. They are also the source of fibers for sinamay, a loosely woven stiff material used for …
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EU: European Union · 19 September 2024 English
Upgrading existing masonry buildings in the EU has become very important due to their poor performance during earthquakes resulting in significant human and economic losses, and on the other hand, …
materials from plant or animal fibres such as abaca, coir, flax, hemp, jute, sisal, hemp etc. (Cevallos …
DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 19 August 2024 English
Somali diaspora humanitarianism alleviates suffering and saves lives in the Somali regions that are affected by conflict, poverty and natural disasters. Its absence would exacerbate crises and significantly limit the …
displaced hundred of thousands of people. Photo: Abaca Press / Alamy Stock PhotoDIIS POLICY BRIEF AUGUST …
EU: European Union · 13 August 2024 English
other textile fibres of the genus Agave, — coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, — synthetic …
EU: European Union · 16 July 2024 English
textile fibres of the genus Agave, – coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, – synthetic …
IGCC: UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation · 1 July 2024 English
A higher tax on the activity increases the cost of engaging in it, which has the dual effects of reducing the production of negative externalities and extracting more compensation from …
thread) waste 530500 Textile Coconut fiber Coconut, abaca... ramie and other waste vegetable textile fibres …
CEC: Center for Environmental Concerns · 9 May 2024 English
The residents set up the barricade on July 1, 2019 to enforce the stoppage of the company’s mining activities after the expiration of its permit. [...] The residents set up …
that the victims took a break from their work, abaca stripping, when the soldiers opened fire at them … natural healers, human rights violations their work, abaca stripping, when the soldiers opened fire at them …
UN: The United Nations · 2 May 2024 English
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that were found to exist in farms located in the abaca plantations owned by the Japanese company Furukawa …
UN: The United Nations · 2 May 2024 English
19 p.
that were found to exist in farms located in the abaca plantations owned by the Japanese company Furukawa …
UN: The United Nations · 2 May 2024
19 p.
that were found to exist in farms located in the abaca plantations owned by the Japanese company Furukawa …
UN: The United Nations · 2 May 2024 Spanish
19 p.
esclavitud que se descubrieron en las plantaciones de abacá propiedad de la empresa japonesa Furukawa Plantaciones …
