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Tapping the Green Market: Management and Certification of Non-timber Forest Products
Author(s): Patricia Shanley (Author), Alan Robert Pierce (Author), Sarah A. Laird (Author), S. Abraham Guillen (Author)
- Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 2001
- Language: English
- Print length: 474 pages
- ISBN-10: 1853838713
- ISBN-13: 9781853838712
Book Description
There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics. This volume explains the use and importance of certification and eco-labelling for guaranteeing best management practices of non-timber forest products in the field. Using extensive case studies and global profiles of non-timber forest products, this work not only seeks to further our comprehension of certification processes but also broaden understanding of non-timber forest product management, harvesting and marketing. It should be useful to forest managers, policy-makers and conservation organizations as well as for academics in these areas.
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About the Author
Patricia Shanley works at the Centre for International Forestry Research. Sarah Laird is co-author of The Commercial Use of Biodiversity. Alan Pierce is a consultant in ecological research and policy analysis. Abraham Guillen is International Program Manager for Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood certification
