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Non-Timber Forest Products
Agrodok 39 Non-timber forest products the value of wild plants Tinde van Andel This publication is sponsored by: ICCO, SNV and Tropenbos International © Agromisa Foundation and CTA, Wageningen, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photocopy, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. First edition: 2006 Author: Tinde van Andel Illustrator: Bertha Valois V. Design: Eva Kok Translation: Ninette de Zylva (editing) Printed by: Digigrafi, Wageningen, the Netherlands ISBN Agromisa: 90-8573-027-9 ISBN CTA: 92-9081-327-X Foreword Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are wild plant and animal pro- ducts harvested from forests, such as wild fruits, vegetables, nuts, edi- ble roots, honey, palm leaves, medicinal plants, poisons and bush meat. Millions of people – especially those living in rural areas in de- veloping countries – collect these products daily, and many regard selling them as a means of earning a living. This Agrodok presents an overview of the major commercial wild plant products from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. It explains their significance in traditional health care, social and ritual values, and forest conservation. It is designed to serve as a useful source of basic information for local forest dependent communities, especially those who harvest, process and market these products. We also hope that this Agrodok will help arouse the awareness of the potential of NTFPs among development organisations, local NGOs, government officials at local and regional level, and extension workers assisting local communities. Case studies from Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central and South Africa, the Pacific, Colombia and Suriname have been used to help illustrate the various important aspects of commercial NTFP harvesting. -
A Vision for Forest Products Extension in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Forest Industry: Rooted in our Lives Rooted in our Economy Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division, Forest Products Services Wisconsin forest industry overview Industry sectors and trends Emerging markets Part I: Forest Industry Overview Wisconsin’s forest industry ~1,200 establishments Over 60,000 jobs $24.1 billion in goods and services annually Approximately 14% of manufacturing jobs Wisconsin’s forest industry (cont’d) Exports total over $2.2 billion annually Top employer in 10 counties Supports employment of over 111,000 additional jobs Why should we care? . The health of Wisconsin’s economy depends upon the health of Wisconsin’s forest industry . The health of Wisconsin’s forests depends upon the health of Wisconsin’s forest industry Why should we care? . We as consumers depend on forests! Flooring Baseball bats Houses Ice cream thickener Lumber Garden stakes Furniture Toilet paper Pressboard Charcoal Crafts Broom sticks Veneer Bowling pins Roofs Imitation bacon Plywood Toys Stairways Candy wrappers Dowels Signs Cider Fruit Paper Syrup Vitamins Cutting boards Paneling Pallets Cooking utensils Desks Windows Cardboard Pencils Food packaging Doors Grocery bags Shampoo Toilet seats Railroad ties Chewing gum Oars Toothpaste Energy Paper towels Coffee filters Nuts Firewood Oil spill agents Toothpicks Magazines Christmas trees Hockey sticks Diapers Golf tees Tool handles Liquid smoke Sponges Nail polish Animal bedding Cosmetics Mulch Wood pellets Fence posts Baby foods Postage stamps AND MORE! Can -
Interaction of Biochar Type and Rhizobia Inoculation Increases the Growth and Biological Nitrogen Fixation of Robinia Pseudoacacia Seedlings
Article Interaction of Biochar Type and Rhizobia Inoculation Increases the Growth and Biological Nitrogen Fixation of Robinia pseudoacacia Seedlings Qiaoyu Sun 1, Yong Liu 2, Hongbin Liu 1 and R. Kasten Dumroese 3,* 1 Key Laboratory of Non-Point Source Pollution Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing 10081, China; [email protected] (Q.S.); [email protected] (H.L.) 2 Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China; [email protected] 3 US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 1221 South Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843, USA * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +1-208-883-2324; Fax: +1-208-882-3915 Received: 29 May 2020; Accepted: 23 June 2020; Published: 26 June 2020 Abstract: Adding biochar to soil can change soil properties and subsequently affect plant growth, but this effect can vary because of different feedstocks and methods (e.g., pyrolysis or gasification) used to create the biochar. Growth and biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) of leguminous plants can be improved with rhizobia inoculation that fosters nodule development. Thus, this factorial greenhouse study examined the effects of two types of biochar (i.e., pyrolysis and gasification) added at a rate of 5% (v:v) to a peat-based growth substrate and rhizobia inoculation (yes or no) on 15 15 Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) seedlings supplied with NH4 NO3. Seedling and nodule growth, nitrogen (N) content, and δ15N 1000 were evaluated after 3 months. -
History and Recent Trends
Contents Part I Setting 1 Working Landscapes of the Spanish Dehesa and the California Oak Woodlands: An Introduction.......... 3 Lynn Huntsinger, Pablo Campos, Paul F. Starrs, José L. Oviedo, Mario Díaz, Richard B. Standiford and Gregorio Montero 2 History and Recent Trends ............................. 25 Peter S. Alagona, Antonio Linares, Pablo Campos and Lynn Huntsinger Part II Vegetation 3 Climatic Influence on Oak Landscape Distributions........... 61 Sonia Roig, Rand R. Evett, Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo, Isabel Cañellas and Otilio Sánchez-Palomares 4 Soil and Water Dynamics .............................. 91 Susanne Schnabel, Randy A. Dahlgren and Gerardo Moreno-Marcos 5 Oak Regeneration: Ecological Dynamics and Restoration Techniques......................................... 123 Fernando Pulido, Doug McCreary, Isabel Cañellas, Mitchel McClaran and Tobias Plieninger 6 Overstory–Understory Relationships ...................... 145 Gerardo Moreno, James W. Bartolome, Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo and Isabel Cañellas ix x Contents 7 Acorn Production Patterns ............................. 181 Walter D. Koenig, Mario Díaz, Fernando Pulido, Reyes Alejano, Elena Beamonte and Johannes M. H. Knops Part III Management, Uses, and Ecosystem Response 8 Effects of Management on Biological Diversity and Endangered Species ............................... 213 Mario Díaz, William D. Tietje and Reginald H. Barrett 9 Models of Oak Woodland Silvopastoral Management ......... 245 Richard B. Standiford, Paola Ovando, Pablo Campos and Gregorio Montero 10 Raising Livestock in Oak Woodlands ..................... 273 Juan de Dios Vargas, Lynn Huntsinger and Paul F. Starrs 11 Hunting in Managed Oak Woodlands: Contrasts Among Similarities ................................... 311 Luke T. Macaulay, Paul F. Starrs and Juan Carranza Part IV Economics 12 Economics of Ecosystem Services ........................ 353 Alejandro Caparrós, Lynn Huntsinger, José L. Oviedo, Tobias Plieninger and Pablo Campos 13 The Private Economy of Dehesas and Ranches: Case Studies ... -
Danube Riparian Forest Corridor Fitness Check and Gap Analyses
TOWARDS A RIPARIAN DANUBE FOREST CORRIDOR Danube Riparian Forest Fitness Check and Gap Analyzes December 2018 PE „Vojvodinašume“ DTP-1-005-2.3, DANUBEparksCONNECTED Project co-funded by the European Union (ERDF, IPA funds) Table of Content 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT AND METHODOLOGY FOR ITS ELABORATION 3. GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE 4. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DANUBE FOREST HABITAT CORRIDOR 5. DANUBE RIPARIAN FOREST FITNESS CHECK 5.1 Remote Land Service and GIS offise setting up 5.1.1 Cooperation platform with European Environmental Agency 5.1.2 Remote Land Service, GIS tools and GIS interpretation and gap analyses of Copernicus Monitoring Services 5.1.3 Methodology and objectives of the Fitness Check 5.1.3.1 Land use 5.1.3.2 Fragmentation, infrastructure and patchiness (patch cohesion) 5.1.3.3 Wilderness 5.1.3.4 Environmental protection (Protected areas) 5.1.3.5 Hydrological conditions, habitat patches/corridor/habitat network, Dead wood 5.1.3.6 Historic forms of forestry 5.1.3.7 Biodiversity 5.1.3.8 Population 5.1.4 Illustrative map of Riparian zones and forests along the Danube 6. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Project co-funded by the European Union (ERDF, IPA funds) 1. INTRODUCTION Riparian forests are habitats serving multiple functions for flora, fauna and humans. In the past century, around 90% of the original Danube wetlands have been lost due to human activities. Today, most of the last remaining large-scale floodplain forest complexes are protected by the Danube Protected Areas, famous for their richness in biodiversity. Riparian forests are of great ecological importance, playing an important role in both nature and human populations. -
Pre-Feasibility Study for a Pulpwood Using Facility Siting in the State Of
Wisconsin Wood Marketing Team July 31, 2020 Pre-Feasibility Study for a Pulpwood-Using Facility Siting in the State of Wisconsin Project Director: Donald Peterson Funded by: State of Wisconsin U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations Table of Contents Project Team ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview ....................................................................................................... 12 Scope ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Assessment Process ................................................................................................................................ 14 Identify potential pulp and wood composite panel technologies ...................................................... 15 Define pulpwood availability ............................................................................................................. -
Biochar As an Innovative Wood Product: a Look at Barriers to Realization of Its Full Potential
BIOCHAR AS AN INNOVATIVE WOOD PRODUCT: A LOOK AT BARRIERS TO REALIZATION OF ITS FULL POTENTIAL May 2017 Harry Groot Jeff Howe, Ph. D Jim Bowyer, Ph. D Ed Pepke, Ph. D. Richard A. Levins, Ph. D. Kathryn Fernholz DOVETAIL PARTNERS, INC. Biochar as an Innovative Wood Product A Look at Barriers to Realization of its Full Potential Executive Summary In the previous Dovetail Report Biochar 101: An Introduction to an Ancient Product Offering Modern Opportunities (Groot et al. 20161) the bottom line was: “Biochar is a product with clear benefits but many questions yet to be answered.” That remains the case. However, ongoing research has expanded the knowledge base, and the debate about biochar’s value and cost effectiveness is narrowing as more is known. A barrier to further market growth is that the industry producing biochar is unsettled, with Photo 1. Biochar made from Pecan Hulls (photo by H. Groot) little agreement regarding product standards, message, or carbon accounting. There is an opportunity for more collaboration to resolve these issues, especially among the mid to large-scale producers. The most common use of biochar is as a soil amendment for high-value fruit and vegetable crops, including use in greenhouse and nursery operations, and there is already significant market acceptance in this sector. Biochar is also used to remove impurities and toxins in water filtration and soil remediation, and these applications appear to offer significant growth potential. Commodity crop production conceivably offers the potential for use of the greatest volume of biochar, but there is little information available about the relative cost and benefits of biochar in this application. -
Non-Timber Forest Products and Livelihoods in the Sundarbans
Non-timber Forest Products and Livelihoods in the Sundarbans Fatima Tuz Zohora1 Abstract The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The forest lies at the feet of the Ganges and is spread across areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the delta. In addition to its scenic beauty, the forest also contains a great variety of natural resources. Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) play an important role in the livelihoods of local people in the Sundarbans. In this paper I investigate the livelihoods and harvesting practices of two groups of resource harvesters, the bauwalis and mouwalis. I argue that because NTFP harvesters in the Sundarbans are extremely poor, and face a variety of natural, social, and financial risks, government policy directed at managing the region's mangrove forest should take into consideration issues of livelihood. I conclude that because the Sundarbans is such a sensitive area in terms of human populations, extreme poverty, endangered species, and natural disasters, co-management for this site must take into account human as well as non-human elements. Finally, I offer several suggestions towards this end. Introduction A biological product that is harvested from a forested area is commonly termed a "non-timber forest product" (NTFP) (Shackleton and Shackleton 2004). The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a non-timber forest product (labeled "non-wood forest product") as "A product of biological origin other than wood derived from forests, other wooded land and trees outside forests" (FAO 2006). For the purpose of this paper, NTFPs are identified as all forest plant and animal products except for timber. -
Non-Timber Forest Products in Brazil: a Bibliometric and a State of the Art Review
sustainability Review Non-Timber Forest Products in Brazil: A Bibliometric and a State of the Art Review Thiago Cardoso Silva * , Emmanoella Costa Guaraná Araujo, Tarcila Rosa da Silva Lins , Cibelle Amaral Reis, Carlos Roberto Sanquetta and Márcio Pereira da Rocha Department of Forestry Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Paraná, 80.210-170 Curitiba, Brazil; [email protected] (E.C.G.A.); [email protected] (T.R.d.S.L.); [email protected] (C.A.R.); [email protected] (C.R.S.); [email protected] (M.P.d.R.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +55-8199-956-6178 Received: 4 July 2020; Accepted: 22 August 2020; Published: 2 September 2020 Abstract: Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are a consolidated source of income and acquisition of inputs from forest environments. Therefore, the objective of this work was to carry out a collection of publications on NTFPs in Brazil, until 2019, available in the Scopus database, presenting a bibliometric review and the state of the art of this theme from the evaluation of these publications, discussing the challenges of Brazilian legislation on NTFPs. After screening the articles of interest, 196 documents were evaluated, in which they were observed institutions and authors, analyzing networks of citations and terms used, areas of forest sciences and sciences that encompass the most explored biomes and the most studied species. The results showed that the concern to research on NTFPs in Brazil began in the 1990s, with an increase in the number of publications over the years. Besides that, the research on NTFPs is multidisciplinary, with emphasis on the areas of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. -
Nontimber Forest Products in the United States: an Analysis for the 2015 National Sustainable Forest Report
United States Department of Agriculture Nontimber Forest Products in the United States: An analysis for the 2015 National Sustainable Forest Report James Chamberlain, Aaron Teets, and Steve Kruger Forest Service Southern Research Station e-General Technical Report SRS-229, February 2018 Authors: James Chamberlain is a research forest products technologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Forest Inventory & Analysis, 1710 Research Center Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, phone (540) 231-3611; Aaron Teets, formerly a research assistant with Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, is currently with the University of Maine, School of Forest Resources, Orono, ME 04469; and Steve Kruger is a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech, Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation Department, College of Natural Resources & Environment, Blacksburg, VA 24060. February 2018 Southern Research Station 200 W.T. Weaver Blvd. Asheville, NC 28804 www.srs.fs.usda.gov Nontimber Forest Products in the United States: An analysis for the 2015 National Sustainable Forest Report James Chamberlain, Aaron Teets, and Steve Kruger CONTENTS ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 Nontimber Forest Products .................................................................................................... -
Agroforestry News Index Vol 1 to Vol 22 No 2
Agroforestry News Index Vol 1 to Vol 22 No 2 2 A.R.T. nursery ..... Vol 2, No 4, page 2 Acorns, edible from oaks ..... Vol 5, No 4, page 3 Aaron, J R & Richards: British woodland produce (book review) ..... Acorns, harvesting ..... Vol 5, No 4, Vol 1, No 4, page 34 page 3 Abies balsamea ..... Vol 8, No 2, page Acorns, nutritional composition ..... 31 Vol 5, No 4, page 4 Abies sibirica ..... Vol 8, No 2, page 31 Acorns, removing tannins from ..... Vol 5, No 4, page 4 Abies species ..... Vol 19, No 1, page 13 Acorns, shelling ..... Vol 5, No 4, page 3 Acca sellowiana ..... Vol 9, No 3, page 4 Acorns, utilisation ..... Vol 5, No 4, page 4 Acer macrophyllum ..... Vol 16, No 2, page 6 Acorus calamus ..... Vol 8, No 4, page 6 Acer pseudoplatanus ..... Vol 3, No 1, page 3 Actinidia arguta ..... Vol 1, No 4, page 10 Acer saccharum ..... Vol 16, No 1, page 3 Actinidia arguta, cultivars ..... Vol 1, No 4, page 14 Acer saccharum - strawberry agroforestry system ..... Vol 8, No 1, Actinidia arguta, description ..... Vol page 2 1, No 4, page 10 Acer species, with edible saps ..... Vol Actinidia arguta, drawings ..... Vol 1, 2, No 3, page 26 No 4, page 15 Achillea millefolium ..... Vol 8, No 4, Actinidia arguta, feeding & irrigaton page 5 ..... Vol 1, No 4, page 11 3 Actinidia arguta, fruiting ..... Vol 1, Actinidia spp ..... Vol 5, No 1, page 18 No 4, page 13 Actinorhizal plants ..... Vol 3, No 3, Actinidia arguta, nurseries page 30 supplying ..... Vol 1, No 4, page 16 Acworth, J M: The potential for farm Actinidia arguta, pests and diseases forestry, agroforestry and novel tree .... -
Non-Wood Forest Products
Non-farm income wo from non- od forest prod ucts FAO Diversification booklet 12 FAO Diversification Diversification booklet number 12 Non-farm income wo from non- od forest products Elaine Marshall and Cherukat Chandrasekharan Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome 2009 The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product for educational or other non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of material in this information product for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission of the copyright holders.