Extraction of non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India. 1. Contribution to rural income

Hegde, Ravi; Suryaprakash, S.; Achoth, Lalith; Bawa, K. S.

doi:10.1007/bf02907328

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“…Climbing stems of lantana can reach up to >20 metres, getting into the forest canopy and resulting in devastating crown fires when they burn (Tireman 1916). Lantana also suppresses regeneration (Ganesan and Bawa, unpublished), which affects biodiversity and has an economic impact on people who harvest non-timber forest products (Hegde et al 1996).…”

Section: Fire and Lantana In India's Dry Forests: The Fire-lantana Cymentioning

confidence: 99%

The mammalian communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India

Bali

Kumar

Krishnaswamy

2007

Biological Conservation

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Section: Fire and Lantana In India's Dry Forests: The Fire-lantana Cymentioning

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The mammalian communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India

Bali

Kumar

Krishnaswamy

2007

Biological Conservation

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“…Since early 1990s the role of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for sustainable forest use and poverty alleviation has received worldwide attention (Peters et al 1989). NTFPs play a vital role in the life of the tribal people and provide a source of cash income and support subsistence living (Peters et al 1989;Hegde et al 1996). In almost all the tropical countries, NTFP collection is a major economic activity (Chopra 1993;Sharma 1995;Alexander et al 2001;Ambrose 2003) and about 500 million people living in or near forests depend upon them for meeting their livelihood needs (Alexander et al 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

Status, Utilization and Economic Valuation of Non-timber Forest Products of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Sharma¹,

Tiwari²,

Chaturvedi³

et al. 2015

Journal of Forest and Environmental Science

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Non-timber forest products are important component of subsistence and livelihood of tribal communities living in and near forests. This is of particular significance in the state of Arunachal Pradesh having more than 80% of geographical area under forest cover and predominantly inhabited by tribal people. Purpose of this study was to document the status and utilization pattern and to assess the economic value of NTFPs of the state. Present study was carried out in eight districts of Arunachal Pradesh viz., Changlang, East Kameng, Lower Subansiri, Tawang, Tirap, Upper Siang, West Kameng and West Siang covering 34 villages and 350 households. Altogether, 135 plant based and 36 animal based non-timber forest products were recorded. Among plant based NTFPs, 54 species were collected for leaves, 30 for stem and 22 for fruits. Most of the animal based NTFPs (93%) were collected/hunted for food. Average 20∼40 kg of NTFPs was collected annually per household. Maximum plant based NTFP collection was recorded from West Siang followed by West Kameng and Tawang. Similarly, highest collection of animal based NTFPs was recorded from West Siang followed by Tirap and Lower Subansiri. NTFP contributed more than 50% of annual income of the people of East Kameng, Tirap, Lower Subansiri and Upper Siang districts. An illiterate and unemployed person with minimum agricultural land was more dependent on forests for his livelihood than a literate jobholder. The study concludes that a large section of people of Arunachal Pradesh are dependent on NTFPs for their livelihood however due to its unscientific harvesting, the availability of NTFPs is receding with time. There is an urgent need to promote cultivation and scientific harvesting of NTFPs in order to conserve the plant and animal diversity of this global biodiversity hotspot and for ensuring livelihood security of the people living in this area.

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“…Lescure et al (1994) point out that in areas of the Amazon where agriculture is developed, farmers only engage in extractivism in cases of urgent financial necessity. A final example comes from a detailed analysis of the cash income derived from NTFPs collected by the Soliga group, an aboriginal tribe of the Biligiri Rangan Hills, Karnataka, India (Hegde et al 1996). In this study, a logit model was used to estimate the probability that a given household would derive at least Rs 2500 from NTFP collection, given the following independent variables: percentage of educated adult members in the family, family size, percentage of dependants (very young or very old) and income from other vocations.…”

Section: Does Reliance On Extraction Perpetuate Poverty?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Commercialisation of non-timber forest products: review and analysis of research

Neumann¹,

Hirsch²

2000

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Extraction of non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India. 1. Contribution to rural income

Cited by 117 publications

References 3 publications

The mammalian communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India

The mammalian communities in coffee plantations around a protected area in the Western Ghats, India

Status, Utilization and Economic Valuation of Non-timber Forest Products of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Commercialisation of non-timber forest products: review and analysis of research

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