For rural people, forests may provide the main source of cash income. This income does not come from wood harvesting only. Non-wood forest resources can often generate greater, more sustainable incomes than can be gained from the same land when used for agriculture or logging..
Burkina Faso: closeup of hand holding wild fruits
FAO photo by R. Faidutti
- More photos in this series:
- Viet Nam: women workers transporting tree seedlings in a smallholders´ nursery
- Peru: buffalo grazing in the shade of dagame trees
- More resources:
- Photofile archive
- Factfile archive
- Media database
- News & Highlights archive
|
Comments?: Webmaster@fao.org