Non-wood forest products for livelihoods
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 communit...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Country: | Chile |
| Institution: | CONICYT Chile |
| Repository: | SciELO Chile |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:scielo:S0717-92002012000300017 |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002012000300017 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | sustainable forest management sustainable rural development sustainable livelihoods Ukraine Sweden |
| 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. |
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