Given the importance of non-timber forest resources to subsistence livelihoods, the increased rate of logging in Amazonia, and the pronounced overlap of timber and non-timber species, it is important to evaluate the altered composition and abundance of NTFPs. In this changing landscape, it is vit...
Shanley, P.
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Luz, L.
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Cymerys, M.
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[The interface of timber and non-timber resources: declining resources for subsistance livelihoods - a southern case study from Brazilian Amazonia]
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The interface of timber and non-timber resources: declining resources for subsistance livelihoods - a southern case study from Brazilian Amazonia
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are not inherently ideal candidates for certification. They are most commonly consumed at a subsistence level, are traded locally and regionally, and most are not featured in markets open to ‘green’ or ‘fairtrade’ messages. However, for some of the NTFP species ...
Certification is relatively new to forest policy tool that attempts to foster responsible resource stewardship through the labeling of consumer products. While many lessons can be drawn from timber certification, transfer of existing timber-based guidelines and procedures to NTFPs is inappropriat...
Species profiles were gathered from non-timber forest product (NTFP) researchers around the globe. While not exhaustive, the profiles, taken as a whole, provide a glimpse into the diverse, complex and idiosyncratic universe that is encompassed by the term ‘NTFP’. The profiles vary widely in conte...
To manage non-timber forest products (NTFPs) properly, it is imperative to have a basic understanding of the biology and ecology of the target species, the site capabilities of the forest under management and the response of the target species o harvesting and other human and natural disturbances...
Over the last three decades, forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon has diminished the availability of some widely used medicinal plant species. Results of a 9-year market study suggest that forests represent an important habitat for medicinal plants used in eastern Amazonia: Nine of the twel...
Shanley, P.
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Luz, L.
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[The impacts of forest degradation on medicinal plant use and implications for health care in Eastern Amazonia]
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The impacts of forest degradation on medicinal plant use and implications for health care in Eastern Amazonia
Governments around the world increasingly seek to manage their forests with the collaboration of the people living nearby. Ministries of forestry or their equivalents usually do this by offering local people access to selected forest products or forest land, income from forest resources, or oppor...
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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[Collaborative management of forests]
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Collaborative management of forests
Shanley, P.
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García Fernandez, C.
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[Bosques tropicales y poblaciones rurales: promoviendo un nuevo paradigma en la region amazonica]
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Bosques tropicales y poblaciones rurales: promoviendo un nuevo paradigma en la region amazonica
It is widely accepted that there is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field and science is failing to inform the practice of conservation. There are many reasons why this implementation gap exis...
Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Sunderland-Groves, J.
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Shanley, P.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Bridging the gap: how can information access and exchange between conservation biologists and field practitioners be improved for better conservation outcomes?]
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Bridging the gap: how can information access and exchange between conservation biologists and field practitioners be improved for better conservation outcomes?
The People and plants handbook is a source of information on applying ethnobotany to conservation and community development. It is designed for people who work in the field, including park managers, foresters, students, researchers, cultural promoters, and members of non-governmental, governmenta...