Non-Timber Forest Products: Medicinal Herbs, Fungi, Edible Fruits and Nuts, and Other Natural Products from the Forest / Edition 1

by Marla R Emery, Rebecca J Mclain

Overview

Balance the culture of wildcrafting with the demands of sustainable forest management!

This comprehensive book addresses the issues that arise when the primeval practice of gathering wild plants, fungi, leaves, and bark occurs in a post-industrial world. Non-Timber Forest Products: Medicinal Herbs, Fungi, Edible Fruits and Nuts, and Other Natural Products from the Forest provides a unique analysis of the laws, sociocultural factors, competing political and economic interests, and environmental issues related to wildcrafting.

The implications of harvesting non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are usually considered in the context of the Third World, but this unique book offers an analysis of current conditions in North America. Non-Timber Forest Products focuses on the forests of the Pacific Northwest and Upper Midwest. These areas offer a diverse array of commercially valuable forest products and fiercely contentious debates about environmental, sociocultural, and legal issues.

Non-Timber Forest Products documents the core issues of this complex topic, including:

• the special rights of indigenous peoples
• consequences of increased demand for harvested products
• stewardship of public and private forests
• economic and public policy concerns
• review of historical and contemporary wildcrafting
• current research on economically useful forest products
• sustainable development strategies
• sociopolitical and environmental considerations for NTFP management
  
  Non-Timber Forest Products offers a clear picture of the historical, social, ecological, and policy aspects of NTFP use. It is an essential resource for private and public forest managers, environmental activists, economists, policymakers, and wildcrafters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560220893
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/29/2001
Series:	Journal of Sustainable Forestry Monograph
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marla R Emery, Rebecca J Mclain

Table of Contents

Introduction; Section I: Non-Timber Forest Products, Past and Present; International Non-Timber Forest Product Issues; Brief Overview of Historical Non-Timber Forest Product Use in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Upper Midwest; Aboriginal Use of Non-Timber Forest Products in Northwestern North America: Applications and Issues; An Overview of Non-Timber Forest Products in the United States Today; Non-Timber Forest Products in Local Economies: The Case of Mason County, Washington; Section II: Research on Non-Timber Forest Products in the Pacific Northwest; Research in Non-Timber Forest Products: Contributions of the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Productivity and Sustainable Harvest of Edible Forest Mushrooms: Current Biological Research and New Directions in Federal Monitoring; Socio-Economic Research on Non-Timber Forest Products in the Pacific Northwest; Section III: Socio-Political Considerations for Non-Timber Forest Product Management; Why Is Non-Timber Forest Product Harvesting an Issue? Excluding Local Knowledge and the Paradigm Crisis of Temperate Foresty; Who Knows? Local Non-Timber Forest Product Knowledge and Stewardship Practices in Northern Michigan; Recent Trends: Non-Timber Forest Product Pickers in the Pacific Northwest; Expanding Non-Timber Forest Product Harvester/Buyer Participation in Pacific Northwest Forest Policy; Synthesis and Future Directions for Non-Timber Forest Product Research in the United States

Editorial Reviews

Simultaneously published as volume 13, numbers 3/4 (2001), this volume contains 13 papers on the history and present state of forest products other than timber; socio- political considerations for non-timber forest product management; and research on non-timber forest products in the Pacific Northwest. Particular attention is given to the rights of indigenous peoples, consequences of increased demand for harvested products, sustainable development strategies, and public policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)