Ecological sustainability for non-timber forest products: dynamics and case studies of harvesting

Shackleton, Charlie M; Pandey, Ashok K; Ticktin, Tamara

Title: Ecological sustainability for non-timber forest products: dynamics and case studies of harvesting
Creator: Shackleton, Charlie M
Creator: Pandey, Ashok K
Creator: Ticktin, Tamara
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433656
Identifier: vital:72992
Identifier: ISBN 9781317916130
Identifier: https://www.routledge.com/Ecological-Sustainability-for-Non-timber-Forest-Products-Dynamics-and-Case/Shackleton-Pandey-Ticktin/p/book/9781138618251
Description: There is growing knowledge about and appreciation of the im-portance of Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) to rural liveli-hoods in developing countries, and to a lesser extent, devel-oped 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 modi-fied 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 pre-sent 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.
Format: 294 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Relation: Shackleton, C.M., Pandey, A.K. and Ticktin, T. eds., 2015. Ecological sustainability for non-timber forest products: dynamics and case studies of harvesting. Routledge
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