Ecological Sustainability for Non-timber Forest Products: Dynamics and Case Studies of HarvestingCharlie M. Shackleton, Ashok K. Pandey, Tamara Ticktin There is growing knowledge about and appreciation of the importance of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to rural livelihoods in developing countries, and to a lesser extent, developed countries. However, there is also an assumption on the part of policy-makers that any harvesting of wild animal or plant products from the forests and other natural and modified ecosystems must be detrimental to the long-term viability of target populations and species. This book challenges this idea and shows that while examples of such negative impacts certainly exist, there are also many examples of sustainable harvesting systems for NTFPs. The chapters review and present coherent and scientifically sound information and case studies on the ecologically sustainable use of NTFPs. They also outline a general interdisciplinary approach for assessing the sustainability of NTFP harvesting systems at different scales. A wide range of case studies is included from Africa, Asia and South America, using plant and animal products for food, crafts, textiles, medicines and cosmetics. |
Contents
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The ecological sustainability of nontimber forest product harvest | 2012 |
The importance of environmental history in evaluating the sustainability | 1976 |
Case studies of ecologically sustainable nontimber forest product | 1995 |
Harvesting from the Tree of Life Responsible commercialization of baobab | |
The road to sustainable harvests in wild honey collection Experiences from | |
The sustainability of smallscale fishery harvests in the context of highly | |
Setty Siddappa | |
Sustainable bark harvesting of important medicinal tree species India | |
Cork oak Quercus suber L A case of sustainable bark harvesting | |
Sustainability of golden grass flower stalk harvesting in the Brazilian | |
Ecological sustainability in dynamic social contexts | |
Good governance A key element of sustainable nontimber forest product | |
Ecologically sustainable harvesting of nontimber forest products | |