T13. Non Wood Forest Products (NWFP) Removal

The information on “Non Wood Forest Products (NWFP) Removal” demonstrates the potential of forests in providing NWFP and indicates the priority NWFPs deserve in development of management strategies to conserve resources and to sustain and promote livelihoods of local and indigenous people dependent on them.

A. Global Classification and Definitions (FRA 2005)

Non Wood Forest Products Removal

Annual removal of a Non Wood Forest Product (NWFP) from “Forest” and “Other Wooded Land”.

Source: FAO. 2004. Terms and Definition FRA-2005. FRA Working paper 73. Rome

B. National Data Sources

Forestry Statistics complied and published by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Dehradun provides basic information on removal of NWFP. It present information by individual States and Union Territories in India . However it does not provide national totals because it maintains reporting units of the States and does not covert into one units like metric tonne. For example, production of tendu leaves is reported in “standard bags” and bamboo in “running meters” and grass and fodder in “kilograms”. This global reporting table needs information in one unit “metric tonnes”. Further, period of the annual reporting is from April 1^st to March 31^st of next year. It covers first nine months of the starting year and next 3 months of ending year, therefore information has been dealt as belonging to the starting year. For example, the period 1^st April 96 to 31^st March 1997 is nationally denoted as 1996-97 and contains 9 months of 1996 and only 3 months of 1997 therefore the information has been treated as for 1996. Following publication have been used for archiving National Data.

- Forestry Statistics, India, 1988-95. 1997. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.

- Forestry Statistics, India, 1996. 1998. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.

- Forestry Statistics, India, 2000. 2002. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.

- Forestry Statistics, India, 2001. 2003. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.

C. National Classification and Definitions

There are no standard national definitions for NWFP. The data units were converted to metric tonnes by using conversion factors, for example, the following.

Weight of Standard bag of Bidi Leaves: 40 Kg

Canes: Kaps = 1 billet, One bundle = 50 billet, One billet = 3.65 metre, One meter = 0.5342 Kg

Resin: One blaze ( Lip & Cup Method) = 1 Kg & (Rill Method)= 3 Kg

Grass & Fodder: One bundle= 35 Kg

Bamboo: 2400 Running meter = 1 Metric Tonne

D. National Data

Year	Removal of NWFP ( in 000 metric tonnes)
	Sal Seed	Bidi leave	Cane	Resin	Gum	Lac	Drug& Spice	Grass & Fodder	Tanning Material	Others	Bamboo
1987	21.29	505.53	1.61	98.32	13.82	9.11	12.05	304.49	20.22	318.44	642.38
1988	23.81	531.5	6.26	105.6	4.09	69	11.49	332.47	234	229.7	829.76
1989	54.58	556.04	42.6	117.6	1.39	1.06	18.66	119.98	22.4	68.58	1934.59
1990	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	5.77	26.53	102.19	20.27	N A.	660.12
1991	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	6.01	62.81	161.79	20.42	N A.	754.64
1992	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	8.28	23.33	421.62	8.39	N A.	721.34
1993	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	N A.	7.28	18.16	113.34	11.52	N A.	455.4
1994	18.53	542.76	65.14	88.23	21.1	9.07	21.57	74.91	10.46	10039	822.63
1995	27.62	322.16	345.4	169.2	3.04	0.1	59.78	64.06	8.35	7782.1	632.54
1996	87.51	112.25	5.02	26.02	3.56	0.08	41.21	62.98	19.06	111.91	1186.05
1997	12.58	744.35	2.1	18.34	1	0.75	62.7	418.53	4.93	197.94	3629.79
1998	57.78	384.94	18.69	14.35	2.14	0.02	N A.	213.85	N A.	69.94	1119.67
1999	78.74	400.81	2.02	0.96	2.42	0.31	N A.	45.78	N A.	165.95	1261.86

E. Calibration

Not considered necessary

F. Estimation and Forecasting

The national data shows large variation including cyclic variation in annual production figures, For Sal and Bidi first three year averages were developed and then these averages were regressed to estimate and forecast figures for 2000 and 2005. For Bamboo, the data for 1996, 1998 and 1999 was used to estimate 2000 and 2005 production figures. In case of Cane, Resin, Gum, Lac, Drug, Grass and Fodder, and Others, the variation does not allow use of regression estimate, therefore in these cases, the last data on annual production was assumed for 2000 and 2005.

G. Reclassification into FRA 2005 Classes

Table: Reclassification (Percentage allocation) into FRA 2005 classes

National Class	Percentage a National class that falls in a FRA class of NWFP
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sal Seed	100
Bidi leave										100
Cane							100
Resin									100
Gum									100
Lac										100
Drug& Spice			100
Grass & Fodder		100
Tanning Material						100
Bamboo							100
Others										100

Notes

Following are the names of NWFP (FRA class) against the ID No. of each of the above column.

ID No	Name of Product	ID No	Name of Product
1	Food	6	Dying and Tanning & Construction material
2	Fodder	7	Utensils, Handicrafts
3	. Medicine	8	Ornamental
4	4. Medicinal Plants	9	Exudates
5	5. Perfumes	10	Others

H. National Information for FRA 2005 Global Tables

Table: Input to Global Reporting Table

FRA Class	NWFP Removal in 000 MT
	1990	2000	2005
1	36.50	52.87	61.06
2	102.19	45.78	45.78
3	26.53	62.70	62.70
4	NA	NA	NA
5	NA	NA	NA
6	20.27	4.93	4.93
7	111.18	167.97	167.97
8	NA	NA	NA
9	118.99	3.38	3.38
10	665.89	1128.95	1313.54
Total	1081.55	1466.58	1659.36

Notes

1. For Sal and Bidi: Three year averages (due to yearly fluctuations) were regressed for 2000 and 2005 estimates

2. For Cane, Resin, Gum, Lac, Drug, Grass and Fodder, and Others: Last reported data was taken for 2000 and 2005