Non-timber forest products are today being viewed as legitimate sources of livelihood for local communities. By forming associations, extractivist have achieved some success in having their rights to exploit forested areas recognised and enshrined in legislation and/or receiving increased prices ...
This paper investigates the importance of income generated from marketing selected NWFP in Central Africa., focuses on local markets in Cameroon and at the borders with the Central African Republic (CAR), equatorial Guinea and Gabon. The species considered are Irvingia spp. (bush mango nut), Cola...
Ndoye, O.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Eyebe, A.
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[Non-timber forest products markets and potential degradation of the forest resource in Central Africa: the role of research in providing a balance between welfare improvement and forest conservation]
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Non-timber forest products markets and potential degradation of the forest resource in Central Africa: the role of research in providing a balance between welfare improvement and forest conservation
Over recent years, since reform and liberalisation, there has been rapid development of the bamboo industry in China that has brought about a series of economic policies and regulations favourable to economic development. Between 1981 and 1993, the area covered by bamboo forests expanded at a rat...
Zhong M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Effects of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study of China's bamboo industries]
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Effects of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study of China's bamboo industries
Dewi, S.
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Fernández, C.G.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Agar, P.M. de
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Loken, A.
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Lutnaes, K.
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[Remote sensing and statistical analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies: poster presented at the International Conference on Data Management and Modelling Using Remote Sensing and GIS for Tropical Forest Land Inventory, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 26-29, 1998.]
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Remote sensing and statistical analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies: poster presented at the International Conference on Data Management and Modelling Using Remote Sensing and GIS for Tropical Forest Land Inventory, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 26-29, 1998.
In recognition of the importance of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in both social and forest resource management terms, one of CIFOR's major projects is on "Sustainable Use and Development of Non-Timber Forest Products ". The project is aiming at a world level comparison of NTFPs-based forest...
Dewi, S.
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García Fernandez, C.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Agar, P.M. de
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Loken, A.
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Lutnaes, K.
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[Remote sensing and statistical data analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies]
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Remote sensing and statistical data analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies
Belcher, B.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[An international comparison of cases of forest product development: overview, description and data requirements]
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An international comparison of cases of forest product development: overview, description and data requirements
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.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?]
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Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?
Bamboo, with a long tradition in China, is one of the emerging sectors in the Chinese economy. It is making an increasingly large contribution to farmers' income and playing an important role in rural industrial development. Bamboo products are also being substituted for wood products, a process ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Fu Maoyi
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Yang Xiaosheng
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Belcher, B.
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[Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion]
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Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion
Many rural dwellers depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for their livelihood and their income needs. Increased urbanisation (as a result of rural urban migration) is an important factor that expands the size of local markets of NTFPs. This paper focuses on local markets in the humid for...
Ndoye, O.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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[The markets on non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon]
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The markets on non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon
Wickramasinghe, A.
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Ruiz Perez, M.
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Blockhus, J.M.
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[Non-timber forest product gathering in Ritigala forest (Sri Lanka): household strategies and community differentiation]
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Non-timber forest product gathering in Ritigala forest (Sri Lanka): household strategies and community differentiation