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Title Ecological sustainability for non-timber forest products : dynamics and case studies of harvesting / edited by Charlie M. Shackleton, Ashok K. Pandey and Tamara Ticktin
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series People and plants international conservation
People and plants international conservation
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Part I Examining non-timber forest product systems; 1 Introduction: the need to understand the ecological sustainability of non-timber forest products harvesting systems; 2 Non-timber forest products in livelihoods; 3 The ecological sustainability of non-timber forest product harvest: principles and methods; 4 The importance of environmental history in evaluating the sustainability of non-timber forest product harvesting systems
Part II Case studies of ecologically sustainable non-timber forest product harvest systems5 Harvesting of palm fruits can be ecologically sustainable: a case of buriti (Mauritia flexuosa; arecaceae) in central Brazil; 6 Harvesting from the Tree of Life: responsible commercialization of baobab in South Africa and Malawi; 7 The road to sustainable harvests in wild honey collection: experiences from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, India; 8 The sustainability of small-scale fishery harvests in the context of highly variable resources
9 The sustainability of soapberry (Sapindus laurifolia Vahl) fruit harvest by the Soliga community in South India10 Moving from the ecological sustainability to the participatory management of janaguba (Himatanthus drasticus; Apocynaceae); 11 Sustainable bark harvesting of important medicinal tree 0species, India; 12 Cork oak (Quercus suber L.): a case of sustainable bark harvesting in Southern Europe; 13 Sustainability of golden grass flower stalk harvesting in the Brazilian savanna; Part III Ecological sustainability in dynamic social contexts
14 Commercialization and sustainability: when can they coexist?15 Good governance: a key element of sustainable non-timber forest product harvesting systems; 16 Ecologically sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products: disarming the narrative and the complexity; Index
Summary "There is growing knowledge about and appreciation of the importance of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to rural livelihoods in developing countries, and to a lesser extent, developed countries. However, there is also an assumption on the part of policy-makers that any harvesting of wild animal or plant products from the forests and other natural and modified ecosystems must be detrimental to the long-term viability of target populations and species. This book challenges this idea and shows that while examples of such negative impacts certainly exist, there are also many examples of sustainable harvesting systems for NTFPs. The chapters review and present coherent and scientifically sound information and case studies on the ecologically sustainable use of NTFPs. They also outline a general interdisciplinary approach for assessing the sustainability of NTFP harvesting systems at different scales. A wide range of case studies is included from Africa, Asia and South America, using plant and animal products for food, crafts, textiles, medicines and cosmetics"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Non-timber forest products -- Conservation
Non-timber forest products industry.
Sustainable forestry.
Non-timber forest products -- Conservation -- Case studies
Non-timber forest products industry -- Case studies
Sustainable forestry -- Case studies
GARDENING -- Fruit.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
Non-timber forest products industry
Sustainable forestry
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Shackleton, C. M. (Charles Michael), editor.
Pandey, A. K. (Ashok Kumar), 1940- editor.
Ticktin, Tamara, editor
ISBN 9781317916130
1317916131
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