Story | 30 Mar, 2008

Non-timber Forest Products: Ecological and economic aspects of exploitation in Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia

Author(s): Broekhoven, Guido
IUCN, Forest Conservation Programme ; University of Utrecht, Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ; Prince Bernhard Centre for International Nature Conservation ; Netherlands Committee for IUCN
Published: 1996
ISBN: 2-8317-0308-5
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Gland : IUCN; Utrecht : University of Utrecht, 1996. 125p.

Based on information derived from literature, statistics, interviews and a field survey in Bolivia, this report explores the value of non-timber forest products not only in economic terms but also as an important element in the lives of people who live in or near the forest. Covers values at local, national and international level; intellectual property rights; ecotourism; and sustainability of exploitation with detailed examples.

Note: Includes bibliographic references