Using Nontimber Forest Products for Restoring Environmental, Social, and Economic Functions

Abstract

The economic and social significance of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) to sustain people's livelihoods and local, national, and international markets justify the need to invest resources in harvesting, growing, and planting a wide range of native plant species.Additional Reading UNEP/WCMC. Nontimber forest products, Web site: http://valhalla.unep-wcmc.org/ntfp/ biodiversity.cfm?displang=eng.