VOLUME 3, TOPIC 15
A. K. Mukerji1
SUSTAINABLE AND COMMERCIAL EXTRACTION OF NON-TIMBER
FOREST PRODUCTS
A POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ORIENTED RESEARCH STRATEGY
Mirjam Ros-Tonen, Wim Dijkman and Erik Lammerts van
Bueren1
The present paper outlines an interdisciplinary research strategy for research on
non-timber forest products. The strategy is aimed at developing a checklist of attributes and requirements
for successful and sustainable commercial extraction and of a methodology to apply this checklist
in land-use planning. The results should enable the identification of areas which are suitable for
the implementation or expansion of commercial extraction of non-timber forest products as a
strategy for the conservation of tropical rain forests. The text summarizes the main attributes of
sustainable extraction and successful commercialization which underlie the formulation of the checklist.
The presented strategy forms the analytical framework for studies on non-timber forest products,
carried out under the umbrella of the Tropenbos programme in the Netherlands.
The Tropenbos Foundation is an internationally oriented organization conducting
interdisciplinary research and training programmes in support of biodiversity conservation and wise use of
tropical rain forests. Tropenbos has five permanent research sites in Colombia, Guyana, Cameroon,
Côte d'Ivoire and Indonesia.
Keywords: (1) Non-timber forest products (2) Tropical rain forests (3) Sustainable
forest use (4) Land evaluation (5) Interdisciplinary research programmes
1 The Tropenbos Foundation, P.O.B. 232 6700 AE Wageningen; The Netherlands; fax: (31 317) 423024.
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