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International Non-Timber Forest Product Issues
Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 2001Summary Perceived as socially, economically, and ecologically sustainable, non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have held special charm as alternatives to forest management focussed exclusively on timber. This paper examines themes central to development of NTFPs as management and conservation strategies in the developing world.
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14. The study of non-timber forest products
The Environmentalist, 1984Summary Tropical rainforests contain an astonishing variety of plants that are of use to man as a source of timber, food, medicines, industrial products, and spices. The nontimber forest products play significant roles in the domestic economy of countries, but unfortunately their continued use and availability is being threatened by timber extraction
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The bioeconomy and non-timber forest products
2022Carsten Smith-Hall, James Chamberlain
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The Value of Timber and Non-timber Forest Products
2019In this chapter, the disparity in value between the marketable values of forests and the main alternative land-uses is discussed. This results from the low value of logs and, especially in the tropics the low proportion of commercially usable log volume. Thus the returns on investing in sustainable forest management and the establishment of plantations
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Non-Timber Forest Products in the Global Context
2011This book provides a comprehensive, global synthesis of current knowledge on the potential and challenges associated with the multiple roles, use, management and marketing of non-timber forest products (NTFPs). There has been considerable research and policy effort surrounding NTFPs over the last two and half decades.
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Non-timber forest product extraction as a productive bricolage process
2012This chapter explores the usefulness of the ‘productive bricolage’ concept, coined by Croll and Parkin (1992) and further elaborated by Batterbury (2001), in understanding the role of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in people’s livelihoods and the forested landscape. I argue that NTFP extraction as part of a productive bricolage process - defined as
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Commercialization of non-timber forest products in Amazonia
1993This study examines the impacts of the development of the principal extractive products of the Amazon and identifies the main factors affecting sustainable welfare benefits for extractive groups. These include tenure instability, policies favouring alternative land uses, aviamento, commercialization systems, commercial pressures resulting in resource ...
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Market development for non-timber forest products
International Journal of Research in Marketing Management and Sales, 2022Rina Malazogu, Maria Bottari
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