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Many rural dwellers in tropical regions depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for their livelihood and their income needs. Local markets play an important role in enabling forest-dependent households to realize a significant part of their cash income through sale of NTFP's. Increase urbani...


Ndoye, O.Ruiz Perez, M.Eyebe, A.[The markets for non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon]The markets for non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon

This paper makes a desk review of the role of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in the rural economy of Cameroon either as a safety net or as a subsector that can propel sustainable rural development and poverty alleviation. NTFPs are materials derived from forests, excluding timber and related ...


Tieguhong, J.C.Ndoye, O.[Transforming subsistence products to propellers of sustainable rural development: non-timber forest products (NTFPs) production and trade in Cameroon]Transforming subsistence products to propellers of sustainable rural development: non-timber forest products (NTFPs) production and trade in Cameroon
Sunderland, T.C.H.Harrison, S.T.Ndoye, O.[Commercialisation of non-timber forest products in Africa: history, context and prospects]Commercialisation of non-timber forest products in Africa: history, context and prospects
Autor: Ndoye, O.

Many trees are important to local communities for health, income, nutrition, and construction purposes, and to timber companies for their wood. Timber production and exports have increased in Central Africa over the last decade. Furthermore, the number of species exploited for timber purposes hav...


Ndoye, O.[Timber harvesting, non timber forest products and rural livelihoods in Central Africa]Timber harvesting, non timber forest products and rural livelihoods in Central Africa

NTFPs are important for Central African populations because of their close links with the forest environment. This study highlights the remarkable range of NTFPs associated with the rich biodiversity of the Congo Basin's forests. NTFPs are well known to local communities because they have been us...


Ndoye, O.Tchatat, M.[Etude des produits forestiers non ligneux d'Afriques et perspectives: a study of non-timber forest products in Central Africa: reality and prospects]Etude des produits forestiers non ligneux d'Afriques et perspectives: a study of non-timber forest products in Central Africa: reality and prospects
Guariguata, M.R.Fernández, C.G.Nasi, RobertSheil, DouglasHerrero-Jáuregui, C.Cronkleton, P.Ndoye, O.Ingram, V.[Timber and non-timber forest product extraction and management in the tropics: towards compatibility]Timber and non-timber forest product extraction and management in the tropics: towards compatibility
Sunderland, T.C.H.Ndoye, O.Harrison-Sanchez, S.[Non-timber forest products and conservation: what prospects?]Non-timber forest products and conservation: what prospects?

An emphasis on global markets for non-timber forest products (NTFPs) often overshadows attention to the local trade in many traditionally lead to further marginalisation of the low-income groups involved. This paper draws on the literature and the research experience of the authors in three diffe...


Shackleton, S.Shanley, P.Ndoye, O.[Invisible but viable: recognising local markets for non-timber forest products]Invisible but viable: recognising local markets for non-timber forest products

Non-timber forest products (NTFP) are very important for people of Central African countries, however they are not adequately taken into account in economic calculation and forest management. The author reviews the current state of knowledge on NTFP, their socio-economic role, their modes of util...


Tchatat, M.Ndoye, O.Nasi, Robert[Produits Forestiers Autres que le Bois d'oeuvre (PFAB): place dans l'amenagement durable des forets humides d'Afrique Centrale]Produits Forestiers Autres que le Bois d'oeuvre (PFAB): place dans l'amenagement durable des forets humides d'Afrique Centrale

A sample survey of 648 households was conducted in 54 villages in the humid forest zone of Cameroon to understand the effect of the economic crisis (dating from 1986) and the 1994 currency devaluation on the practices of small farmers, and the effect of these practices on forest cover change. Fou...


Bikie, H.Ndoye, O.Sunderlin, William D.[L'Impact de la crise economique sur les systemes agricoles et la changement du couvert forestier dans la zone forestiere humide du Cameroun]L'Impact de la crise economique sur les systemes agricoles et la changement du couvert forestier dans la zone forestiere humide du Cameroun

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