Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are increasingly recognized as providing critical resources across the globe, fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, NTFPs have largerly been overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics. This book explains the u...
Shanley, P.
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Pierce, A.R.
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Laird, S.A.
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Guillen, A.
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[Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products]
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Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products
This paper discusses the evolution of the roles of Brazilian women within one of the most prominent organizations of the Amazonian social movement, the National Council of Extractivist Populations (CNS). Between 1990 and 2009, Brazil’s Federal government created 89 extractive and sustainable deve...
Shanley, P.
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Silva, F.C. da
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MacDonald, T.
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[Brazil’s social movement, women and forests: A case study from the National Council of Rubber Tappers]
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Brazil’s social movement, women and forests: A case study from the National Council of Rubber Tappers
Arnold, M
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Powell, B.
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Shanley, P.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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[Editorial: Forests, biodiversity and food security]
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Editorial: Forests, biodiversity and food security
O estudo abordou a cadeia de produção e de comercialização e os aspectos do consumo do látex medicinal de amapá amargoso (Parahancornia fasciculata) em Belém e Ponta de Pedras, no Pará. Nosso objetivo foi investigar diversos aspectos do manejo e uso desse produto, revelando a sua importância na v...
Serra Silva, M. da
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Fantini, A.C.
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Shanley, P.
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[Látex de amapá (Parahancornia fasciculata (Poir) Benoist, Apocynaceae): remédio e renda na floresta e na cidade]
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Látex de amapá (Parahancornia fasciculata (Poir) Benoist, Apocynaceae): remédio e renda na floresta e na cidade
Shackleton, Charlie M.
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Delang, C.O.
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Shackleton, S.
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Shanley, P.
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[Non-Timber Forest Products: Concepts and Definitions]
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Non-Timber Forest Products: Concepts and Definitions
The process of creating the NTFP guidelines involved numerous experts and collaborators across the globe, with a particular emphasis on Latin America. The guidelines were drafted between 1997 and 1998, with input from the NTFP certification advisory committee, certification experts and other fore...
Shanley, P.
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Laird, S.A.
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[The process of drafting and revising guidelines for NTFP certification]
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The process of drafting and revising guidelines for NTFP certification
This paper evaluates the impacts of natural resource devolution policies in several Asian and southern African countries from the perspective of local people. Devolution outcomes are assessed in terms of who has greater benefits and decision-making authority. We also examine the factors that have...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Shackleton, S.
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Edmunds, D.
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Shanley, P.
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[Central control of local resource management: the impacts of devolution]
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Central control of local resource management: the impacts of devolution
Because the term non-timber forest products encompasses such a vast array of goods, various certification schemes are being applied to them with greater or lesser degrees of success and relevance. This review positions NTFPs within the context of sustainable forest product certification, describi...
Alexiades, M.N.
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Shanley, P.
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[Productos forestales, medios de subsistencia y conservacion: estudios de caso sobre sistemas de manejo de productos forestales no maderables: introduction]
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Productos forestales, medios de subsistencia y conservacion: estudios de caso sobre sistemas de manejo de productos forestales no maderables: introduction
In the Brazilian Amazon, deforestation and fragmentation of tropical forests are estimated to affect one third of the region. Despite the attention given to tropical forest loss, rare mention is made of the direct loss of food, medicine and shelter to the local inhabitants. As the arc of deforest...
García Fernandez, C.
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Shanley, P.
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[Forests and people: safeguarding the natural heritage in Brazilian Amazon]
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Forests and people: safeguarding the natural heritage in Brazilian Amazon