strategy
Managing non-timber forest resources
Synonyms:
Developing non-timber forest productsProducing non-wood products from trees
Context:
There is a wide variety of non-wood products produced from trees. They include gums, resins, and exudates, certain extractives, oils, dyes, pesticides, and specialty chemicals. Also parts of trees used for medicine, food or fodder.
Non timber forest products (NTFPs) have been traditionally important worldwide. In many areas, animal and plant resources derived from forests remain central to subsistence and local economies. The FAO estimated that eighty percent of the population of the "developing" world use NTFPs to meet some of their health and nutritional needs.
Non timber forest products (NTFPs) are also a rapidly growing market sector. The estimated total value in world trade in NTFP is approximately US $1,100 million (SPC 1999), and the market has grown by nearly 20% annually over the last several years. Future development of NTFPs offers potential for increasing income, expanding opportunities, and diversifying enterprises in rural areas.
Broader:
Harvesting local tree varietiesImproving forest resource managementInstituting integrated forest managementIncreasing community management of forests Narrower:
Using rattanProducing resinsImproving fodder plantsImproving environmentally sound methods for forest harvesting Constrained by:
Ensuring profitable wood industry Facilitated by:
Increasing research on non-wood forest resources Organizations:
Winrock International Subjects:
Agriculture, Fisheries → ForestryDevelopment → Development
Industry → Production
Industry → Products
Industry → Timber
Industry → Wood products
Management → Management
Plant Life → Trees
Resources → Resources
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
