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New Pressures, Old Foodways: Governance and Access to Edible Mopane Caterpillars, 'Imbrasia (=Gonimbrasia) Belina', in the Context of Commercialization and Environmental Change in South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2020
Urbanization and scarce income-earning opportunities have led to increasing commercialization of non-timber forest products in southern Africa, including the nutritious mopane worm 'Imbrasia (=Gonimbrasia) belina'.
James George Sekonya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dependency of rural communities on non-timber forest products in the dry lands of southern Africa: A case of Mukwe Constituency, Kavango East Region, Namibia

open access: yesTrees, Forests and People, 2020
This paper examines the relationship between socio-economic and demographic factors and Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) dependency among the rural communities of the Mukwe Constituency, Kavango East Region, Namibia.
Jonathan Mutau Kamwi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantification of Non-Timber Forest Products utilized by local communities in Nyanjange forest reserve, Morogoro, Tanzania

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2022
This study was conducted to assess the types and quantity of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) used by local communities around Nyanganje Forest Reserve (NFR), which is within the Eastern Arc Mountains, Kilombero District, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Mhuji Kilonzo
doaj   +1 more source

Selection of Non-Timber Forest Products  species for protected forest rehabilitation (Case study in protected forest of Rinjani Barat Forest Management Unit, West Nusa Tenggara Province)

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Kehutanan, 2014
One of the strategies in protected forest rehabilitation is selecting proper Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) species. The selected NTFPs species should have an ecological function to maintain the sustainability of protected forest services.
Ogi Setiawan, Krisnawati Krisnawati
doaj   +1 more source

The roles of Non Timber Forest Products in the development of community forestry in Menoreh Hills (A case of Hargorejo Village, Kokap, Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta)

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Kehutanan, 2014
Development of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in various forestry development program that promotes the function of environmental, social, economic, and culture of local communities is expected to create sustainability.
Maria Palmolina
doaj   +1 more source

EXPERIENCE WITH NTFP CERTIFICATION IN BRAZIL

open access: yesForests, Trees and Livelihoods, 2008
Certification of forest management through the Forest Stewardship Council started in the 1990s, and focused on timber. Considerable work on the part of NGOs, communities, the private sector, researchers and governments has resulted in incipient certification of NTFPs, both by industries and communities.
Guedes Pinto, L.F.   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Inventory of non-timber forest products in Western Nepal and strategies for sustainable management

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environment, 2016
Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) play an important role as traditional source for food, fiber, fodder, and medicine and offer income opportunities for poverty alleviation especially in rural households in Nepal who engage in a widespread trade of NTFPs.
Pramila Dhakal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation of Damar Mata Kucing (Shorea javanica): A Review on the Aspect of Trade System

open access: yesJurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2020
Damar mata kucing (Shorea javanica) is one of the non-timber forest products (NTFP)s that has been widely managed and utilized by local people around the Pesisir Barat Lampung Province.
Hanifah Nur'aini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing the Dependence on Non-timber Forest Products Among Communities Living Around Forest Conservation Areas in Marrupa-Mecula Corridor, Niassa Special Reserve, Niassa Province of Mozambique

open access: yesFrontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
The role of forests across the world has been recognized as key natural assets that offer several goods and services, especially to communities adjacent to them.
Gerald Lubega   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Arisaema siahaense sp. nov. (Araceae) from India

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Arisaema Mart. (Araceae) belonging to sect. Fimbriata is described and illustrated here from the Siaha District, Mizoram, India. This new species is characterized by an evergreen, dioecious herbaceous habit, up to 1.08 m high, having a subglobose tuber, with a solitary trifoliate leaf.
Rabishankar Sengupta   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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