Tapping the Green Market

Tapping the Green Market
Author: Abraham Guillen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1136555250

There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics. This volume explains the use and importance of certification and eco-labelling for guaranteeing best management practices of non-timber forest products in the field. Using extensive case studies and global profiles of non-timber forest products, this work not only seeks to further our comprehension of certification processes but also broaden understanding of non-timber forest product management, harvesting and marketing. It should be useful to forest managers, policy-makers and conservation organizations as well as for academics in these areas.

Resource Assessment of Non-Timber Forest Products

Resource Assessment of Non-Timber Forest Products
Author: Rajesh Sada
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2010-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9783838348605

Inventory of NTFPs is a rapidly growing field of considerable interest to people across a wide range of disciplines and contexts. There is a growing body of experience of NTFP inventory to support national policy, forest management and local forest-based livelihood initiatives. Recently, quantitative assessment of Non-Timber forest Products resources in the wild has been the prime concern of researchers and authorities. This is because of the growing shortage of raw materials in the wild and by the need to maintain their sustainability and potentialities to provide off-farm employment opportunities to the rural communities. Due to increasing recognition of the importance of Non-Timber Forest Products to local livelihoods and biodiversity conservation, the need for accurate assessment of NTFPs growing stock and yields as well as standarization of sustainable harvesting techniques has become more critical than ever before. The research entitled "Resource assessment of Non-Timber Forest Products for Enterprise Development" was carried out to determine the status and distribution of NTFPs in two community forests of Tukucha VDC of Kavrepalanchowk and Sudal VDC of Bhaktapur districts.

Non-wood Forest Products in the Near East

Non-wood Forest Products in the Near East
Author: Amal Sabra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2001
Genre: Forest products
ISBN:

This regional study presents an overview of the socio-economic importance and ecological impact of the use of non-wood forest products (NWFP) in the Near East. The document consists of two main parts: i) presentation of background information on the programme activities and analysis of the available information on the regional level; and ii) presentation of data on NWFP on the national level (so-called "country profiles") for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Ira, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Sustainable Production of Wood and Non-wood Forest Products

Sustainable Production of Wood and Non-wood Forest Products
Author: International Union of Forestry Research Organizations. Division 5. Conference
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2004
Genre: Forest management
ISBN:

This proceedings is a collection of 18 papers and extended abstracts based on talks presented at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) All Division 5 Conference, held in Rotorua, New Zealand, March 1115, 2003. This conference emphasized the many ways that forest products research can contribute to sustainable choices in forest management. The two IUFRO Research Groups represented in this proceedings are the Sustainable Production of Forest Products Research Group (5.12) and the Non-wood Forest Products Research Group (5.11). The papers address many aspects of wood and non-wood forest products including: forest management; product development; economic development implications; local, national, and international protocols; assessments; and research strategies.