Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) provide important sources of subsistence, income and employment everywhere there are forests (and sometimes even where there are none). With new emphasis on poverty alleviation and livelihood improvement in national and international development agendas, this group...

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Main Authors: Kusters, K., Belcher, B.
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Published: Center for International Forestry Research 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18921
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description Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) provide important sources of subsistence, income and employment everywhere there are forests (and sometimes even where there are none). With new emphasis on poverty alleviation and livelihood improvement in national and international development agendas, this group of products seems to offer means to increasing welfare in an environmentally sound way. And yet, despite more than a decade of research and targeted development projects, systematic understanding of the economic behaviour of NTFPs, and other role and potential in conservation and development, remains weak. To help fill this gap, a large group of researchers combined efforts to compare and contrast individual cases of commercial NTFP production, processing and trade from Asia. The cases represent a range of product kinds, biophysical, social, and economic conditions. As part of the research process they are described in narrative reports. This book presents 21 cases from Asia. This report is organized to present a standard set of information to support comparative analysis, but the authors also included rich details, idiosyncrasies and analyses of issues and opportunities in their own cases.
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spelling CGSpace189212025-01-24T14:20:40Z Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia Kusters, K. Belcher, B. non-timber forest products production consumption income households commercialization conservation case studies Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) provide important sources of subsistence, income and employment everywhere there are forests (and sometimes even where there are none). With new emphasis on poverty alleviation and livelihood improvement in national and international development agendas, this group of products seems to offer means to increasing welfare in an environmentally sound way. And yet, despite more than a decade of research and targeted development projects, systematic understanding of the economic behaviour of NTFPs, and other role and potential in conservation and development, remains weak. To help fill this gap, a large group of researchers combined efforts to compare and contrast individual cases of commercial NTFP production, processing and trade from Asia. The cases represent a range of product kinds, biophysical, social, and economic conditions. As part of the research process they are described in narrative reports. This book presents 21 cases from Asia. This report is organized to present a standard set of information to support comparative analysis, but the authors also included rich details, idiosyncrasies and analyses of issues and opportunities in their own cases. 2004 2012-06-04T09:08:57Z 2012-06-04T09:08:57Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18921 en Open Access Center for International Forestry Research Kusters, K., Belcher, B., eds. 2004. Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia . Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. xii, 365p. ISBN: 979-3361-24-7..
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Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia
title Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia
title_full Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia
title_fullStr Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia
title_full_unstemmed Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia
title_short Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia
title_sort forest products livelihoods and conservation case studies of non timber forest product systems volume 1 asia
topic non-timber forest products
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consumption
income
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commercialization
conservation
case studies
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