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The importance of forest products to households living in or near forests has been increasingly recognized. Estimates of numbers of people who in some way rely on forests, for survival or livelihoods, vary widely. Yet numbers alone do not reveal the forests' importance to diverse users. A typolog...


Byron, R.N.Arnold, J.E.M.[What futures for the people of the tropical forests?]What futures for the people of the tropical forests?

In the 1970s, it appeared that fuelwood use was growing rapidly, and this could have major adverse impacts on the resource and poor users. By the mid-1980s, revised assessments indicated that there was less of a problem than had been foreseen, and much less of a need for forestry interventions to...


Arnold, J.E.M.Kohlin, G.Persson, R.[Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives]Woodfuels, livelihoods, and policy interventions: changing perspectives

The contributions that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can make to rural livelihoods, and the fact that their use is less ecologically destructive than timber harvesting, have encouraged the belief that more intensive management of forests for such products could contribute to both development...


Arnold, J.E.M.Ruiz Perez, M.[Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?]Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?

Analysis of the fuelwood situation has been hampered by lack of reliable information, and has been the subject of considerable debate. The present paper assesses the implications of recent information on the subject. New data and recent more accurate projections show that increasing urbanisation ...


Arnold, J.E.M.Persson, R.[Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries]Reassessing the fuelwood situation in developing countries

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