The cost of forest restoration is a considerable obstacle, sparking discussions in recent years about how to make it economically viable. Since native wood management, carbon credits, and payment for ...

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) encompass a wide array of biological resources harvested from forests other than timber, including fruits, nuts, resins, fibres, medicinal plants and mushrooms.

Industrial-scale logging and resource exploitation continue to plague the South American rainforests, contributing to their systematic destruction. Today, indigenous inhabitants and other local ...

For some, the term non-timber forest products might sound new but what the term represents is generations old and very much in the public domain. Non-timber forest products have been the mainstay of ...

Coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) has a narrow and fragmented distribution in western North America. Extreme resistance to fire and fungi allows redwoods to live more than 2,000 years and become ...

Various projects claim to alleviate poverty and strengthen the rural economy in Punjab, but the Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) sector has been continuously neglected, despite its potential to ...

Through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ School of Living Traditions, a cultural master teaches the skills and techniques of doing a traditional art or craft MANILA, Philippines – It ...

The forest-dwelling communities of 48 villages have recorded earnings of Rs 2.35 crore in the first two quarters of the 2022-23 financial year through the local biodiversity management committee by ...

Madagascar eased a two-year-old restriction on the domestic sale of stockpiles of so-called ordinary wood — non-precious timber logged from natural forests. The government will not issue any new ...

South Carolina's 12.9 million acres of forestland provide jobs, clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and timber and non-timber resources. In October 2022, the forest ...

SAMBALPUR: In a bid to increase the tribal forest dwellers’ income, the district administration has decided to launch a Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) - based value chain project under Central ...