RAP PUBLICATION: 1996/6
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Overview of non-wood forest products in Bhutan
Forest policy
Forest strategy
Forest legislation rules and regulations
The importance of non-wood forest products
Problems and constraints in developing non-wood forest products
General recommendations for long-term activities in developing non-wood forest products
Organisations involved in the development of non-wood forest products
Bamboo, cane, wild banana, fibre, floss and brooms
Bamboo
Cane
Wild banana
Fibre, floss and brooms
Trade in medicinal plants in the past
Scope for international marketing
Scope for cultivating medicinal plants
Nature: The best teacher
Medicinal plants, present collection trends and current problems
General recommendations
Conclusion
Traditional paper, essential oils, rosin and turpentine
Traditional paper
Essential oils
Rosin and turpentine
Vegetable oil and ornamental plants
Vegetable oil
Ornamental plants
Basic information on Bhutan's Himalayan yew (Taxus baccata)
Background
Conclusions
Natural vegetable dyes; Food, fruit species and mushrooms; Gums and waxes; and incense
Natural vegetable dyes
Edible products from forests - food, fruit species and mushrooms
Gums and waxes
Incense