The following categories of non-wood forest products have been defined:
Category |
Plant products / raw material |
1. Food |
2. Fodder |
3. Raw material for medicine and aromatic products |
4. Raw material for colorants and dyes |
5. Raw material for utensils, handicrafts & construction |
6. Ornamental plants |
7. Exudates |
8. Other plant products |
Animal products / raw material |
9. Living animals |
10. Hides, skins and trophies |
11. Wild honey and bee-wax |
12. Bush meat |
13. Raw material for medicine |
14. Raw material for colorants |
15. Other edible animal products |
16. Other non-edible animal products |
References to sources of information |
Quality (H/M/L) |
Variable(s) |
Year(s) |
Additional comments |
ISTAT. 2002. Coltivazioni agricole, foreste e caccia. Settore Agricoltura Anno 1999. |
H |
Non-wood forest products removal |
1999 |
|
ISTAT. 1993. Statistiche Forestali. Annuario n. 43, edizione 1993. |
H |
Non-wood forest products removal |
1990 |
Non-wood forest products are forest products for human or animal consumption or for industrial purposes. The available data refer to the quantity of harvested product, even when not yet removed from forests but expected to be. Values refer to the average price received by the producer or the collector.
ISTAT |
1990 |
1999 |
NWFP |
(t) |
(t) |
Chestnuts |
49 559 |
52 158 |
Pine seeds |
1 854 |
4 860 |
Acorns |
3 971 |
2 858 |
Reproduction cork |
6 472 |
9 697 |
Virgin cork |
1 329 |
3 831 |
Hazelnuts |
7 982 |
20 087 |
Mushrooms |
1 792 |
1 903 |
Truffles |
107 |
86 |
Blueberries14 |
n.a. |
324 |
Strawberries |
n.a. |
338 |
Raspberries |
n.a. |
121 |
The most recent data on NWFP go back to 1999 and, being considered valid, were used to estimate the NWFP for 2000. Since the average could not be calculated for 2000, and in order to be consistent, the 1990 data was directly applied without calculating the average for the 1988-1992 period, as recommended by the FRA Guidelines.
Blueberries, strawberries and raspberries were first inventoried in 1997: they have, therefore, not been included in the Food category total as the estimates were supposed to be comparable over time.
Table: Reclassification (Percentage allocation) into FRA 2005 classes
National Class or single NWFP |
Quant |
Percentage a National class that falls in a FRA class of NWFP | |||||||||||||||
(t) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 | |
Chestnuts |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Pine seeds |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Acorns |
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Reproduction cork |
100 |
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Virgin cork |
100 |
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Hazelnuts |
100 |
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Mushrooms |
100 |
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Truffles |
100 |
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Blueberries |
100 |
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Strawberries |
100 |
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Raspberries |
100 |
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FRA 2005 Categories |
Scale factor |
Unit |
NWFP removal | ||
1990 |
2000 |
2005 | |||
Plant products / raw material |
100 |
kg |
|
| |
1. Food |
|
|
612 941 |
790 956 |
|
2. Fodder |
|
|
39 712 |
28 585 |
|
3. Raw material for medicine and aromatic products |
|
|
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4. Raw material for colorants and dyes |
|
|
|
|
|
5. Raw material for utensils, handicrafts & construction |
|
|
78 012 |
135 282 |
|
6. Ornamental plants |
|
|
|
|
|
7. Exudates |
|
|
| ||
8. Other plant products |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Animal products / raw material |
|
|
|
|
|
9. Living animals |
|
|
|
|
|
10. Hides, skins and trophies |
|
|
|
|
|
11. Wild honey and bee-wax |
|
|
|
|
|
12. Bush meat |
|
|
|
|
|
13. Raw material for medicine |
|
|
|
|
|
14. Raw material for colorants |
|
|
|
|
|
15. Other edible animal products |
|
|
|
|
|
16. Other non-edible animal products |
|
|
|
|
|
14 Blueberries, strawberries and raspberries were inventoried starting from 1997.
