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by | May 15, 2013

A Studies on Non-wood forest products for livelihoods

A Studies about Non-wood forest products for livelihoods

Summary: Forests provide a diversity of non-wood forest products as a resource base for regional and rural development. The role of non-wood forest products differs in time and space. The aim of the study was to analyze the role of non-wood forest products in livelihoods, especially forest-dependent communities, in Ukraine and Sweden. 114 interviews with local stakeholders in two countries were done for this study. The results showed that (1) non-wood forest products have potential for economic rural development, (2) traditional practices of non-wood forest products utilization were retained and revived in Ukraine, (3) and were no longer economically but rather socially important for local people in Sweden. Non-wood forest products have great potential for sustainable rural development, as resources for economic development.

Case Study on livelihoods

Introduction: Globally, forest resources and products are fundamental for the livelihoods of a large part of the world’s population (FAO 1999). Forests provide a diversity of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) as a resource base for regional and rural development. NWFPs are defined as goods of biological origin other than wood, derived from forests, wooded lands and trees outside forests (FAO 1999). Presently, estimates indicate that 80 % of the population in developing countries uses NWFPs to meet some of their nutritional needs and provide herbal medicine (FAO 1999). Additionally, NWFPs have potential to contribute to local livelihoods, providing resources for value-added products such as jams, extracts for medicines, vitamins, and antioxidants. Also in developed countries, where locals were dependent on NWFPs in the past, and actually continue to provide important social and cultural values for local households. keep reading…

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by | May 15, 2013

Case Study on Non Wood Forest Products by Local People Bordering: Parc National Kaboré Tambi

Study about Non Wood Forest Products by Local People Bordering: Parc National Kaboré Tambi

Abstract: In the French-speaking countries of Africa, strategies of conservation, inherited from the colonial time, exclude the bordering people in the management of the national parks plant resources. Today, policies and legislation try to reconcile forest conservation and development by associating local people. As a consequence, approaches of participatory planning of forest management schemes have become necessary. A major challenge has been the issue of how to (use?) scientific knowledge and local knowledge in the most appropriate way.

Case Study on Local People Bordering

This article provides an account of a contribution to addressing this issue in the case of the “Parc National Kaboré Tambi” in Burkina Faso, by proposing a combination of ethno-botanical surveys and botanical inventories. The article analyses the importance of the park plant species, identify the constraints faced by local people to harvest the park plant products, analyse the park vegetation structure and assess the degree of regeneration of the main useful species. The surveys reveal that bordering people consider the park as their granary, their pharmacy, their pasture, their place of religious worship, and the source of the strength of their territory. They harvest in the park Non Wood Forest Products (NWFPs), although the Forest Code bans free access. Keep reading…

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by | May 15, 2013

A Study Report on Coping with Crisis in Central Africa: Enhanced Role for Non-Wood Forest Products

A Study Report about Coping with Crisis in Central Africa: Enhanced Role for Non-Wood Forest Products

The current financial and economic crisis has directly and indirectly affected the drivers of Africa’s recent growth performance (AfDB, 2009). Demand for and prices of African commodities are falling, capital flows are declining, and promised increased aid has not materialized. Through contagion, the crisis has affected financial markets, foreign exchange markets and commodity markets – the last being of particular importance for forest products.

Case Study on Non-Wood Forest Products

In Central Africa – considered in this article as the ten member countries of the Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC): Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe – the crisis has taken a heavy toll on the economies that are highly dependent on natural resources. Several extractive industries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Cameroon have cancelled or postponed projects. Closure of 70 mining companies in the Kantaga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for instance, led to a loss of up to 200 000 jobs between the end of 2008 and mid-2009. The recent crisis is also having serious impacts on the timber sector as orders for timber from importing countries diminish and logging and timber processing companies are forced to cut costs, close concessions and lay off workers. Keep reading…

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by | January 27, 2013

Biofuels in Oregon and Washington


Study Objectives

The subject of biomass-derived fuels is attracting the interest of agribusiness, forest products businesses and investors in Oregon and Washington, particularly in light of the recent growth experienced by the biofuels industry in the Midwest. Policymakers in both Oregon and Washington are seeking to advance the development of a biofuels industry in their states, desiring benefits that include reduced consumption of fossil fuels, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and creation of new economic opportunity in rural areas. However, there is increasing recognition that these Northwestern states face a different set of opportunities and challenges than other regions, and there is a growing sense that different approaches may be required to create an environmentally and economically sustainable biofuels industry that contributes significantly to the region’s energy supply.

The purpose of this report is to assemble the information needed to estimate the significance of the opportunity for producing biofuels in the region as well as the associated challenges. The report reviews the current state of the industry, the biomass resources that are available within current production practices, and the biofuels production technology that is available within the marketplace. The report then seeks to identify the areas in which alternative approaches or strategies, or technological advances, might offer an opportunity to expand the Northwest biofuels industry beyond its current state.

The report draws heavily upon a number of other reports that have explored the regional biomass and biofuels opportunity, including excellent studies by Washington State University, Oregon State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture that examined the potential biomass resource in the region. The information provided by this prior research is integrated with new data compiled or developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to provide a complete and balanced characterization of the region’s assets, opportunities and challenges. This characterization is not meant to suggest a particular answer or approach. Rather, it is intended to provide a body of knowledge from which the business community, policymakers and research institutions can base their respective efforts to foster an economically and environmentally sustainable biofuels industry that serves the needs and interests of Oregon and Washington.

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by | October 20, 2012

Case Studies for Tolko Industries Ltd

Tolko Industries Ltd is a family-owned manufacturer of wood products headquartered in British Columbia, with operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Ontario, Québec, the U.S. and Asia are important markets for the company, though Tolko sells wood products to more than 20 countries in total.

Tolko produces a broad range of forest products, including the following: Lumber; plywood, veneer and other manufactured wood products; oriented strand board (OSB); manufactured ties, poles and timbers for the transport industry (such as railway or dock construction); by-products, including wood chips and kraft paper for packaging and other uses. Click here to read more…

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by | July 28, 2012

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The subject of biomass-derived fuels is attracting the interest
of agribusiness, forest products businesses and investors in
Oregon and Washington, particularly in light of the recent growth
experienced by the biofuels industry in the Midwest. Policymakers
in both Oregon and Washington are seeking to advance the
development of a biofuels industry in their states, desiring benefits
that include reduced consumption of fossil fuels, reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions and creation of new economic opportunity
in rural areas. However, there is increasing recognition that
these Northwestern states face a different set of opportunities and
challenges than other regions, and there is a growing sense that
different approaches may be required to create an environmentally
and economically sustainable biofuels industry that contributes
significantly to the region’s energy supply.

The purpose of this report is to assemble the information needed to
estimate the significance of the opportunity for producing biofuels in
the region as well as the associated challenges. The report reviews
the current state of the industry, the biomass resources that are
available within current production practices, and the biofuels
production technology that is available within the marketplace.
The report then seeks to identify the areas in which alternative
approaches or strategies, or technological advances, might offer
an opportunity to expand the Northwest biofuels industry beyond
its current state

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