Overexploitation or Sustainable Management? Action Patterns of the Tropical Timber Industry

Overexploitation or Sustainable Management? Action Patterns of the Tropical Timber Industry

Author: Imme Scholz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1317845080

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The part played by the Brazilian tropical timber industry in deforesting the Amazon region has not been studied very much. This book describes the expansion of the timber industry in the Brazilian federal state of Para since the 1960s, when Amazon development became an important item on the government's agenda.


The bioeconomy and non-timber forest products

The bioeconomy and non-timber forest products

Author: Carsten Smith-Hall

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-16

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 100078780X

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This book provides the first in-depth investigation of how non-timber forest products are an integral part of local, national, and global bioeconomies. While the plants and fungi that produce non-timber forest products are essential to the sustainability of forest ecosystems, peoples' food and livelihood security and sovereignty, and thus the bioeconomy, are often absent from bioeconomic strategies. Presenting a selection of empirical cases from around the world that engage with the bioeconomy and non-timber forest products, this volume reveals how essential these products are to creating a greener and more sustainable future, how to to better integrate them into efforts to transition to and expand the bioeconomy, and how such efforts can be supported and developed. Chapters analyse how and to what degree non-timber forest products promote sustainable resource use, generate employment, and contribute to food and livelihood security and poverty alleviation. The volume develops approaches and identifies interventions and policies to support the integration of non-timber forest products into bioeconomy strategies, including in national reporting schemes to provide recommendations for future research and practical implementation. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of forest and natural resource management, bioeconomics, circular economy and ecological economics more widely. It will also be of interest to professionals working in sustainable development and the forestry sector.


Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific Northwest

Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific Northwest

Author: Bettina Von Hagen

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780788138546

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Encompasses literature on the historic & current scope of nontimber forest product industries in the Pacific NW & includes references on international markets & trade that bear on these industries. Key themes are: biological & socioeconomic aspects of resource management for sustainable production; procedures for identifying, monitoring, & inventorying important resources; means for technical innovation & resource development; & public education. Keywords at the end of each annotation are organized in an index that references species, geographic location, & key themes, topics, & organizations.


Tapping the Green Market

Tapping the Green Market

Author: Abraham Guillen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1136555250

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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.