Non-wood forest products, the utilization, and harvesting methods in Sardasht, North West Iran.

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• Source: International Journal of Forest, Soil & Erosion . Aug2012, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p133-136. 4p. 
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• Abstract:Non-wood forest products include all kind of services which forest offers except woody production. People were using the forest resources over many centuries to fulfill the daily needs. However, only in the last decades non-wood forest products have gained more attention in world trade. Sardasht region in the northwestern Iran with a considerable forest cover was chosen as a study area. In order to carry out the study, questionnaires were prepared and distributed among local people, and the results were analyzed. All kind of non-wood productions which could be exchanged for money were listed. Other kind of non-market services such as protection of soil resources and recreation were not evaluated. Different forest by-products were recognized in the area including acorn, foliage leaves, galls, turpentine, pistachio (Pistacia vera) nuts, leaves and fruits of roses, cherry elaeagnus (Elaeagnus edulis), hawthorn (Ceratagus spp), wild plum (Prunus spp.), bitter almond (Amygdalus communis), walnuts (Juglans spp.), manna of oak trees, wild pear (Pyrus spp.), sumac (Rhus coriaria). Among all these products, turpentine is the only non-wood forest product which can be exported to neighboring countries. Other non-wood forest production has not widely spread in the market, but is being consumed at local scale for household needs by local people. However, the non-wood products play an important role fulfilling the peoples' needs through both non-market and market means. It is possible to improve the role of non-wood forest products in the daily life of local people with providing facilities such as better transportation system and marketing.
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Contribution of Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) to Livelihood Generation Products in Eriti Community Forest Wetlands, Ogun State, Nigeria

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M F Adekunle, A. Oloruntobe, A A Ajibola, B M Agbaje

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An ethno-botanical study of non-wood forest products (NWFP) extraction in Eriti Community Forest Wetlands was carried out with the aim of providing an additional baseline data for policy makers on need for the conservation and proper management of wetlands in forest areas. Respondents (400) drawn from 8 fringe villages of the Eriti Forest Wetlands provided the data for the study. The methods adopted include group discussions, participant observations and interpersonal interviews using pretested and structured questionnaire. The result analyses were descriptive using percentages, mean, mode and frequency distribution tools. The results showed that the respondents were highly dependent on the extraction of NWFP for livelihood generation especially at the subsistence level. The NWFP include medicinal products, edible leaves and fruits, wrapping leaves, mushrooms, wild-animal products, snails, palm wine and chewing sticks. The extraction of the identified products were gender bias as majority of the respondents were males (75%) and married (97%) indicating that the extraction of the products can be integrated into the family lines. The negative impacts of NWFP extraction on the wetland ecosystem was observed because of the destructive means of harvesting. The paper suggests appropriate management policies for the protection of the wetland ecosystems for environmental sustainability.

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Non-wood forest products, Wetlands, Ecosystem, Conservation

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Utilization of Non-timber forest products from village Plantation forests managed by Aizawl Forest Development Agency, Mizoram, India

Author
Lalhmingsangi K.
, Sahoo U.K.*

Author Affiliations

• ¹Department of Forestry, Mizoram University, School of Earth Sciences & Natural Resource Management, Aizawl -796004, Mizoram, India 
• ²Department of Forestry, Mizoram University, School of Earth Sciences & Natural Resource Management, Aizawl -796004, Mizoram, India 

Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., Volume 4, Issue (8), Pages 1-9, August,8 (2016)

Abstract

section of the society. A survey was conducted in five Village Forest Development Committee (VFDC) plantation areas under Aizawl Forest Development Agency (FDA) - Lungleng 1, Muthi, Sihphir vengpui and Sumsuih VFDC plantation site. VFDC is an implementing agency at village level. The contribution made by NTFPs towards alleviation of poverty is immense. It was observed that among all the NTFPs Bamboo pole has the highest percentage of household involved in harvesting i.e,42% of household, followed by fuel wood 37%, broom grass 35%,vegetables 30%,fodder 19%, fruits 6%and least in medicinal plants 5%. The villagers mainly harvest for their own consumption as they are abide by VFDC rules which allow them to harvest only for their own consumption and in a sustainable way. This provides a greater lasting impact to the villagers and gives them a sense of ownership. Management of VFDC plantation sites which has rich NTFPs resources might not give them direct benefits in cash, but it sure does provide them food and shelter which is the other two basic necessities of live.

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Forest Health, Biodiversity and Conservation

Session A-14a-Meliaceae Working Group

• How are the high-value Meliaceae doing? Sheila Ward

• Verifying the geographic origin of Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) with DNAfingerprints Bernd Degen

• Use of DNA fingerprints to control the origin of Sapelli timber (Entandrophragma cylindricum) at the forest concession level in Cameroon Céline Jolivet

• Regenerating mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) by planting in clearings in the Maya Forest of Mexico: Effects of regeneration treatments and cleaning on growth and survival after 10years Laura K. Snook

Session A-1a New Frontiers in Forest Health

• Plantation tree health in Africa Jolanda Roux 

• The potential of genomics for tree health research Bernard Slippers

• Teratosphaeria stem canker of eucalypts in Africa Jimu L.

Session A-3 Strategies for Forest Plantations Development

• Seed desiccation tolerance of an underutilized indigenous fruit tree species using farmer friendly techniques: The case of Myrianthus holstii Engl. Dominic Gondwe 

• Variability in growth of Acacia nilotica (L.) Wiild. ex Delile provenances in a Sudano-Sahelian zone of Niger, West Africa Larwanou, M

• Survival and growth of Nauclea diderrichii (De wild.) and Pericopsis elata (Harms) in monoculture and mixed-species plantations in Ghana Shalom D. Addo-Danso

• Ecology and structure of private teak plantations (Tectona grandis L.f) in southern-Benin:case of the municipality of Abomey-Calavi Gisèle K. S. Sinasson

Session A-12a Multipurpose Forest Tree Species Management

• Structural diversity and regeneration of the endangered Prunus africana (Rosaceae) in Zimbabwe Luke Jimu

• Socio-economic evolution of Pygeum exploitation in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon Abdon Awono

• Etat de conservation, connaissances locales et utilisations de Prosopis africana dans le Réserve de Biosphère du W au Benin. Gérard N. GOUWAKINNOU

• Can Ipomoea batatas (sweet potatoes) help resolve problems of nodulation in Sesbania sesban plants grown under acidic soils Royd Vinya

• In Vitro Propagation of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth using cotyledonary nodes Adejoke Olukemi Akinyele

• Effects of environmental factors on floristic diversity and composition of vascular plants in the remnant moist Afromontane forest of Wondo Genet, South Central Ethiopia Mamo Kebede

Session A-8 Building National Scale Monitoring Systems for Detecting Changes In Forested and Tree Landscapes in Africa

• Generalized, biologically-motivated biomass equations for nationally-consistent and locally accurate forest carbon inventories across diverse landscapes David W. MacFarlane

• Building National Scale Carbon Monitoring Systems for Forested and Treed Landscapes in Africa David Skole

• Comparing destructive and non-destructive methods for calibrating regional tree biomass equations in tropical agricultural landscapes Shem Kuyah

• Temporal-spatial growth and yield models for simulating large-scale changes in plantation forests in Kenya Vincent Oeba

Session A-2: Invasive Alien Species: Economic and Environmental Impacts

• Invasion of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) in Ghana: Its distribution, impact and potential control strategies Paul Bosu

• An alien plant Castilla elastica: a potential threat to plant diversity in a lowland tropical rainforest of Tanzania J. Richard

• Thaumastocoris peregrinus (heteroptera: thaumastocoridae) invasion in Africa and its possible management options K. E. Mutitu

• Structure and composition of Riparian Forest undergrowth of the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, derived Savanna vegetation of Nigeria Oladoye A.O

• Prosopis litter allelopathy decreases spatial temporal occurrence of Acacia tortilis in Prosopis invaded Turkwel riverine forest, in Northern Kenya Gabriel M. Muturi

Session A-15 Forests, trees and livelihoods

• Tree planting in the farming system for energy and food security in the highlands of Ethiopia:The case of Huruta district Zenebe Mekonnen Gebret Sadik

• Evaluation de la contribution économique des écosystèmes forestiers à l’économie nationale du Sénégal Njankoua Wandji D

• Ecological and socio-economic importance of Balanite saegyptiaca in the traditional parkland system of Tahoua region, Niger Larwanou, M

• How can Gnetum spp. improve the environmental and economic practices that affect forests in degraded ecosystems in Cameroon? Abdon Awono

• Dry forest importance: livelihood and ecological services in Cameroon Kemeuze V. A

Session A-14b Meliaceae Working Group

• Variation in Growth and Response to Hypsipyla of 19 families of Khaya in 3 ecological zones in Ghana Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong

• Genetic improvement for future of commercial plantations of African mahogany (Khaya senegalensis) in northern Australia Richard R A Fremlin

• Patterns of distribution and stands characteristics of Khaya senegalensis in the district of Doufelgou (Togo) according to landscape, vegetation types and human activitiesKpérkouma WALA

Session A-1b Forest Insects: New Challenges in Africa and the World

• Biological control for the protection of Africa’s plantations: Successes and challengesHurley B.P.

• The effect of mixed-tree species stands on Hypsipyla robusta attacks and growth of African Mahogany in a wet forest Nana Yaa Nyarko-Duah

• Incidence of Hypsipyla robusta (Moore) on native mahogany trees: a challenge for sustainable supply and conservation of mahogany resources Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong

• Alternative mixed plantations for sustainable production of native timber species and conservation of biodiversity in the Humid Tropics of Africa Paul Bosu

• Predicting forest pest abundance and distribution in a changing climate: an African perspective Garnas J.R.

• Towards the management of the Eucalyptus gall wasp. Leptocyba invasa (Eulophidae) in Africa: Experiences from Uganda, Kenya and South Africa Nyeko, P.

Session A-11 Silvicutural Systems: Effect of Site Conditions on Forest Regrowth

• Effect of saw dustbiochar and inorganic NPK fertilizer on the growth of Moringa oleifera seedling grown in an Oxisol. Fagbenro, J.A

• Nursing effect of eucalypts on indigenous woody species in Ethiopia: with special emphasis on confers Demissew Sertse

• Diurnal and seasonal CO2 fluxes response above a cultivated savanna in Benin (West Africa) Expédit Evariste Ago

• Light availability determines the influence of larval folivory and infestation of climbers in the survival of tropical pioneer tree, Neoboutonia macrocalyx Pax Piiroinen, T.

Session A-9a Using Models for Forest Planning and Management

• Modeling tree height and diameter of short rotation forest crops Balozi B. Kirongo

• Using bioclimatic niche modeling and population structure to plan conservation actions for Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae), a promising indigenous fruit tree species in Benin, West Africa A. Belarmain FANDOHAN

• Patterns of functional traits in the biogeography of woody plants in West Africa Salifou Traoréa

• Mapping spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of vegetation in a complex agro-pastoral landscape using time series of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), green index (GI) and land surface temperature (LST) from multi-temporal Landsat dataStephen Kiama

Session A-10 Silvicutural Systems: Effect of Logging on Forest Regrowth

• Vegetation Carbon Stock Recovery after Selective Logging in a Moist Semi-Deciduous Forest in Ghana Djagbletey, G. D.

• Tree community along a succession gradient in Natural and former Pine plantations of Kibale National Park (KNP) Owiny Arthur Arnold

• Effect of stand regime on the population structure of Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Meliaceae) and Terminalia macroptera (Combretaceae) in the Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari (Benin, West Africa) Emeline Assédé

• The Effect of Logging on Forest Regeneration in Kibale National Park, Uganda D. Ochanda

• Natural regeneration of timber species following selective logging in a tropical moist semideciduous forest in Ghana A.D-Gyamfi

• Analysis of forest canopy change after logging in a rainforest of Ghana Edward D. Wiafe

Session A-6 Traditional Knowledge and Spiritual Values in Forest Conservation

• The importance of traditional knowledge for sustainable management of forest and agroforest resources under changing climatic conditions John Parrotta

• Justification for streamlining traditional ecological practices in conventional forest conservation planning and management Martin NGANJE

• The role of traditional knowledge and bio-cultural systems in adaptation to climate change the case of Kenya’s Coastal Communities Doris Mutta

• Local perceptions of woody vegetation dynamics in the context of a “greening” Sahel: a case study from Burkina Faso Tene Kwetche Sop

• Indigenous knowledge on beneficial trees in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical usage in western Uganda Asiimwe Savina

Session A-4 Genetics and Molecular Technology Applications in Forest Management

• Polycross progeny trial of Pinus patula Schiede and Deppe at Muguga and its use in genetic improvement of the species in Kenya J. G. Kariuki

• Genetic characterization of Kenyan Acacia senegal for possible improvement in Gum Arabic quality and production Otto G. Dangasuk

• Nuclear genetic diversity across the range of the Afromontane Prunus Africana Caroline A. C. Kadu

• Geographic  variation of African cherry (Prunus Africana) at the molecular and chemical level – implications for conservation. Thomas Geburek

Session A-9b Using Models for Forest Planning and Management

• Fynbos vegetation: accounts of a niche structure and a fine hydrological gradient J. Ayuk

• Congo Basin rainforest stability and carbon stocks S.A. Pietsch

• Application of wave motion analysis for forestry Toshio Nitami

• Allometric equations for biomass estimations of Ensete ventricosum grown in indigenous agroforestry systems, southern-eastern Ethiopia: implication for climate change mitigationon agricultural landscapes Mesele Negash

Session A-7 Forest and Human Health

• Ethnobotany, propagation and conservation of medicinal plants in Ghana Ofori, D. A.

• Antioxidant, Nutritional and Anti-Nutritional Composition of Garcinia kola and Chrysophyllum albidum from Rainforest Ecosystem of Ondo State, Nigeria Onyekwelu Jonathan C

• Biodiversity, Conservation, Industry, and Emerging Pandemic Threats Louise Flynn

Session A-5 Wildlife Ecology and Management

• Assessment of primate species composition of Oluwa forest reserve, Ondo state, Nigeria.Ogunjemite, B. G

• Wild mammals trade for zoo therapeutic and mythic purposes in Benin (West Africa):capitalizing species involved, provision sources and implications for conservation. Chabi A. M.S. DJAGOUN

• Factors predicting habitat selection of bovid species in a resource-stressed environment of Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (Northern Benin) Chabi A. M. S. DJAGOUN

• Primate seed dispersal enhances forest regeneration and connectivity: results from coastal forests fragments, Kenya Wahungu, G.M

• Ecology and ethno zoology of the three-cusped pangolin Manistricuspis, (Mammalia, Pholidota) in the Lama forest reserve, Benin H.A. AKPONA

• Impact of conservation measures on Lowe’s guenon (Cercopithecus Campbelli Lowei) in a previously logged moist forest reserve in Ghana Edward D. Wiafe

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International Knowledge-Sharing Workshop: “Forest Landscape Restoration and Global Change: From Policy to Practice” to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, 26-27 July, 2016

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Mon, 2016-08-01 13:04 |  fornisteam 

The Rwandan Ministry of Natural Resources (MINIRENA) in cooperation with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), the Food and Agriculture Organization, and Wageningen University, based on funding support by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) are organising an International Knowledge-Sharing Workshop on “Forest Landscape Restoration and Global Change: From Policy to Practice” in Kigali, Rwanda from 26 to 27 July, 2016.
The workshop, which will take place in conjunction with a Bonn Challenge EAC+ High Level Meeting, will bring together experts from Africa and overseas, to exchange latest knowledge and experiences with initiating and facilitating forest landscape restoration (FLR) projects in the region. Given the considerable current political momentum and commitment towards Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) by global and national policy makers, there is a need to discuss and to further develop approaches and mechanisms of FLR implementation on the ground.

The 2-day knowledge-sharing event (by invitation only) aims at sharing and discussing latest globally and regionally available scientific and technical knowledge on the multi-fold aspects of restoring forests and landscapes for the benefits of people, nature and climate. The topics to be discussed will cover a wide spectrum of issues ranging from participatory planning, landscape governance, institutional arrangements and regulatory frameworks, to market mechanisms, funding, and technical aspects of FLR operations on the ground.
Overall, the workshop should help participants to make connections to other FLR experts in the region and further stimulate the exchange of information and experiences, thus contributing to mainstreaming FLR practices in Africa, and to feedback into the Bonn challenge regional and sub- regional policy dialogues.

Date: 

Tue, 2016-07-26 - Wed, 2016-07-27

Location: 

Kigali, Rwanda 

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People and plants: a survey of economic botanicals on the Kumasi central market

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Description: 

Plants generally provide valuable functions in livelihood sustenance and indigenous knowledge on their utilization has been applied over centuries. However society 50 dependence on plant resources is threatened by rising environmental degradation especially in the tropics and the associated loss of indigenous botanical knowledge cannot be underscored. Traditional markets are useful sources on information on plants. This paper reports on the ethno botany, availability and consumption trends of economic plants sold on the Kumasi Central market in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, as well as challenges encountered in marketing these resources. Structured questionnaire and inventory sheets were employed in a detailed documentation of information on the vendors and their products. Photographs of the products and specimens were also gathered, prepared and preserved in a herbarium at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana. Information on 150 plant species belonging to 55families was documented along with a taxonomic identification of new species. Nearly all plant species had multiple uses with approximately 57% and 20% used for medicinal and food purposes respectively. Ninety-seven percent of the plants were non-timber forest products collected from the wild, and 30% of these were reported to have declined in supply as a result of degradation of vegetation. Demand has increased for 60% of the products, attributable to increased recognition and values that consumers currently attach to natural products mainly for medicinal and food purposes. With rising demand and declining supply of some plant species, the sustainability of the natural resource base is possibly threatened. This is because the sources from which these products are collected are usually unmanaged and harvesting methods, although rudimentary, may be destructive. Management interventions that would enable sustained exploitation of plant species collected from the, wild, as well as the development of cultivation methods for key threatened species are imperative to aid biodiversity conservation and sustain the livelihoods of people relying on these resources for survival.

Published: 

2007

Language: 

en 

Citation: 

Ghana Journal of Forestry, 21&22:50-71

Author: 

Obiri, B.D. & Addai, A.

Responsible party: 

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)

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Use of Non Wood Forest Products by local people bordering the "Parc National Kaboré Tambi", Burkina Faso

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• Oversigt
 
• Citationsformater

• Bassirou Belem
• Blandine Marie Ivette Nacoulma
• Roland Gbangou
• Sié Kambou
• Hanne Helene Hansen
• Quentin Gausset
• Søren Lund
• Anders Raebild
• Djingdia Lompo
• Moussa Ouedraogo
• Ida Theilade
• Issaka Joseph Boussim

• Institut for Miljø, Samfund og Rumlig Forandring
• Miljø, Energi, Transport - Regulering, Innovation og Klimapolitik

In the French-speaking countries of Africa, strategies of conservation, inherited from thecolonial time, exclude the bordering people in the management of the national parks plant resources. Today, policies and legislation try to reconcile forest conservation and development by associating local people. As a consequence, approaches of participatory planning of forest management schemes have become necessary. A major challenge has been the issue of how to (use?) scientific knowledge and local knowledge in the most appropriate way. This article provides an account of a contribution to addressing this issue in the case of the "Parc National Kaboré Tambi" in Burkina Faso, byproposing a combination of ethno-botanical surveys and botanical inventories. The article analyses the importance of the park plant species, identify the constraints faced by local people to harvest the park plant products, analyse the park vegetation structure and assess the degree of regeneration of the main useful species. The surveys reveal that bordering people consider the park as their granary, their pharmacy, their pasture, their place of religious worship, and the source of the strength of their territory. They harvest in the park Non Wood Forest Products (NWFPs), although the Forest Code bans free access. About one hundred plants species are used, but the pattern of extraction of the productsor some plant parts could destroy the resource base. Technically, conservation by domestication of thesource species and improved harvest of Non Wood Forest Products could be combined for sustainable management of the park. Finally, the process toward an integration of ecology, silviculture, law, economy and decentralisation in order to achieve the park sustainable forest management is of great importance. The success of this process will depend on all actors including policy makers, technicians, local people, researchers and funding agencies.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal for Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies
Vol/bind	6
Tidsskriftsnummer	1
Antal sider	21
ISSN	1602-2297
Status	Udgivet - 21 dec. 2007

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