This paper presens a preliminary results of research on benzoin in North Sumatra, Indonesia.Benzoin was studied because of its intersting management, and very little data was available on present exploitation. Benzoin is the resin of various species of Styrax trees (Styracaceae). In Sumatra Benzo...
Katz, E.
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Goloubinoff, M.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Michon, G.
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[Experiences in benzoin resin production in Sumatra, Indonesia]
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Experiences in benzoin resin production in Sumatra, Indonesia
Farmers in the West Lampung Pesisir area in the south of Sumatra, Indonesia, have established forest gardens by introducing damar trees in upland rice swidden plantations. These damar gardens were established as the wild resource itself was vanishing. While cultivating this forest resorce, villag...
Foresta, H. de
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Michon, G.
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Kusworo, A.
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Levang, P.
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[Damar agroforests in Sumatra, Indonesia: domestication of a forest ecosystem through domestication of dipterocarps for resin production]
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Damar agroforests in Sumatra, Indonesia: domestication of a forest ecosystem through domestication of dipterocarps for resin production
The 'major importance of minor forest products' has been increasingly recognised as information about the utilisation, trade and management of NWFPs has grown. This study provides an overview of the significance of NWFPs in the Asia-Pacific region, current and likely future trends of product avai...
Mittelman, A.J.
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Lai,C.K.
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Byron, R.N.
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Michon, G.
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Katz E.
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[Non wood forest product outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010]
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Non wood forest product outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Katz, E.
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Jong, W. de
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Michon, G.
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[Research strategies for non-timber forest products. 5th International Congress of Ethnobiology, Nairobi]
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Research strategies for non-timber forest products. 5th International Congress of Ethnobiology, Nairobi
Asbjornsen, H.
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Angelsen, A.
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Belcher, B.
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Michon, G.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Wijesekara, V.R.P.
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[Proceedings of the Workshop Cultivating (in) Tropical Forests?: the Evolution and Sustainability of Systems of Management between Extractivism and Plantations, 28 June – 1 July 2000, Kraemmervika, Lofoten, Norway]
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Proceedings of the Workshop Cultivating (in) Tropical Forests?: the Evolution and Sustainability of Systems of Management between Extractivism and Plantations, 28 June – 1 July 2000, Kraemmervika, Lofoten, Norway