Is non-timber forest product harvest sustainable in the less developed world? A systematic review of the recent economic and ecological literature

D Stanley, R Voeks, L Short - Ethnobiology and …, 2012 - ethnobioconservation.com
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) provide material subsistence and cash income to
millions of rural people, particularly in less developed countries. This paper offers a …

[PDF][PDF] Economic contributions of forests

A Agrawal, B Cashore, R Hardin, G Shepherd… - Background paper, 2013 - un.org
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF FORESTS Page 1 1 Background Paper 1 ECONOMIC
CONTRIBUTIONS OF FORESTS Arun Agrawal Ben Cashore Rebecca Hardin Gill Shepherd …

Estimating the local value of non-timber forest products to pendjari biosphere reserve dwellers in Benin

FG Vodouhê, O Coulibaly, C Greene, B Sinsin - Economic Botany, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Estimating the Local Value of Non-Timber Forest Products to Pendjari Biosphere
Reserve Dwellers in Benin. This paper uses an indices method based on participant ranking …

Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being

GJ Wells, CM Ryan, A Das, S Attiwilli, M Poudyal… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Local access to" wild," common-pool terrestrial and aquatic resources is being diminished
by global resource demand and large-scale conservation interventions. Many theories …

[PDF][PDF] The relationship between biodiversity, carbon storage and the provision of other ecosystem services: Critical Review for the Forestry Component of the …

C Hicks, S Woroniecki… - Cambridge …, 2014 - assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
This review of the relationship between biodiversity, carbon storage and the provision of
other ecosystem services was carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme …

Medicinal plants production systems in rural Indonesia: Management practices and performance insights

S Astutik, J Pretzsch, JN Kimengsi, G Kapp - Forest Policy and Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
The management of production system regarding the sustainable use of medicinal plants
rely, in part, on the operational approaches employed by actors in input-process-output …

Unmet needs among disabled elderly Malaysians

YA Momtaz, TA Hamid, R Ibrahim - Social science & medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
Unmet need as a significant factor affecting quality of life in later life has recently received
considerable attention in gerontological research. The main aim of this study was to identify …

[HTML][HTML] A combination of methods needed to assess the actual use of provisioning ecosystem services

LV Rasmussen, O Mertz, AE Christensen… - Ecosystem …, 2016 - Elsevier
Failure to recognize that potential provisioning ecosystem services are not necessarily
collected and used by people may have important consequences for management of land …

The influence of livelihood dependency, local ecological knowledge and market proximity on the ecological impacts of harvesting non-timber forest products

MZ Steele, CM Shackleton, RU Shaanker… - Forest Policy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
It is well established that non-timber forest products make significant contributions to rural
incomes throughout most of the develo** world. NTFP use frequently raises concerns …

In the way of development: Indigenous land‐rights issues in Malaysia

SR Aiken, CH Leigh - Geographical Review, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The Malaysian government regards the country's indigenous peoples as “backward” and in
need of “modernization.” It aims to assimilate them into the so‐called mainstream society …