Research Article | Published: 01 December 2003

Forest products other than timber-A world perspective

M. B. Shrivastava

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 10 | Issue: 3/4 | Page No. 97-144 | 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2003-2EX993 | Cite this article

Abstract

“Forest products other than timber” is the preferred term for what used to be called “Minor Forest Produce”. It can be very important and sometimes even more valuable than timber. There is an almost infinite range of such products, which can be, or are utilized for various purposes. Small-scale enterprises represent a major source of employment from such forest products for rural people in many parts of the world. In many developing countries including India, Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) are central to the economies of many households. NTFPs in the wider sense, include all tangible outputs other than timber, like fuel, fodder, bamboo, cane, grasses, fibre, oils, tannin and dyes, gums, resins, medicinal plants, bark, leaves, flowers, fruits, tubers, mushrooms, seeds, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects. Enterprises which are an assemblage of a range of activities involving the collection, processing, and trade of NTFP, play a key role in many developing countries rural household economies in supplementing incomes and improving livelihoods. A variety of such non-wood forest products are consumed and traded at the local community level for subsistence. Nearly the entire tribal population constituting 8.3% of the total population in India, together with a large portion of the rural populace is dependent on such forest produce. The paper is intended to provide a detailed account of Non-Timber Forest Products, which have commercial possibilities and socio-economic importance with global ramifications.

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Shrivastava, M.B., 2003. Forest products other than timber-A world perspective. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 10(3/4), pp.97-144. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2003-2EX993

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