Von Hagen•Annotated+Index
Introduction This annotated bibliography is intended for researchers, managers, policymakers, and industry participants concerned with development and conservation of non- timber forest products in the Pacific Northwest. Citations are followed by brief abstracts that highlight key themes as well as research methods, the location of the research or analysis, and the implications for management of nontimber forest products in the Pacific Northwest. Keywords at the end of each annotation are organized in an index that references species (both common and scientific name), geographic location, and key themes, topics, and organizations. The Pacific Northwest Research Station is also making this annotated bibliography available on diskette. The regional literature on nontimber forest products is fairly limited, although it has expanded considerably in the last 5 years. Much of the regional literature, espe- cially that addressing management and policy options, remains, however, in the realm of “gray” literature: unpublished manuscripts, discussion papers, proceedings of meetings, and agency memos. Given the wealth of information and perspectives, we have chosen to include regional gray literature in this bibliography. We also have drawn heavily on global lessons of nontimber forest product manage- ment, particularly from the Amazon basin, where nontimber forest product devel- opment has been attempted as a conservation mechanism, and from Scandinavia, where substantial government efforts have been directed towards catalyzing berry and mushroom collecting and bough production for rural development purposes. We have been hampered in our search of global examples by language barriers, access to publications, and time. In particular, a further exploration of the literature in Japanese, Russian, and Polish is warranted.
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