Tapping the green market : management and certification of non-timber forest products / edited by Patricia Shanley ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shanley, Patricia, 1955-

Series:

People and plants conservation series.

People and plants conservation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-timber forest products--Certification.

Non-timber forest products.

Forest products--Certification.

Forest products.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 456 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics. This volume explains the use and importance of certification and eco-labelling for guaranteeing best management practices of non-timber forest products in the field.

Contents:

Front Cover; Tapping the Green Market; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; About the contributors; The NTFP certification project team; The People and Plants initiative by Alan Hamilton; People and Plants partners; Acknowledgements; Section I: Overview; Introduction by Patricia Shanley, Sarah A Laird, Alan R Pierce andAbraham Guillén; 1. The rise of certification, the current state of the playing field for NTFPcertification programmes and future prospects by Jamison B Ervin andPatrick Mallet

2. The process of drafting and revising guidelines for NTFP certification by Patricia Shanley and Sarah A Laird; 3. Summaries of the field-testing results in Mexico, Bolivia and Brazilby Abraham Guillén; Section II: NTFP species profiles from around the world; Introduction by Patricia Shanley, Alan R Pierce, Sarah A Laird andAbraham Guillén; Latin America; 4. Chicle (Manilkara zapota) by Peter W Alcorn; 5. Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) by Enrique G Ortiz; 6. Palm heart (Euterpe spp.) by Dennis Johnson; 7. Pau d'arco (Tabebuia spp.) by M Constanza von der Pahlen

8. Cat's claw (Uncaria guianensis and U. tomentosa) by Miguel N Alexiades; 9. Breu resin (Protium spp.) by Campbell Plowden; 10. Titica vine (Heteropsis spp.) by Campbell Plowden; 11. Amapá (Parahancornia spp. and Brosimum spp.) by Campbell Plowden; 12. Copaíba (Copaifera spp.) by Campbell Plowden; 13. Sangre de drago (Croton lechleri) by Miguel N Alexiades; Eastern North America; 14. Fiddlehead ferns (Matteucia struthiopteris) by Alan R Pierce; 15. Maple syrup (Acer saccharum) by Alan R Pierce; 16. American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) by Alan R Pierce; The Mediterranean region

17. Mastic gum (Pistacia lentiscus), cork oak (Quercus suber), argan (Arganiaspinosa), pine nut (Pinus pinea), pine resin (various spp.) and chestnut(Castanea sativa) by Yorgos Moussouris and Pedro Regato; Sub-Saharan Africa; 18. Griffonia (Griffonia simplicifolia) by Kodzo Gbewonyo; 19. Baobab bark (Adansonia digitata) by Claudia Romero, Isla Grundy,Bruce Campbell and Anthony B Cunningham; 20. Yohimbe (Pausinystalia johimbe) by Terry C H Sunderland, Marie-Laure Ngo-Mpeck, Zacharie Tchoundjeu and Sarah A Laird; Africa and Asia

21. Rattan (various spp.) by Terry C H Sunderland and John Dransfield; 22. Amla (Phyllanthus emblica) by Ganesan Balachander; 23. Sumatra benzoin (Styrax spp.) by Esther Katz, Carmen García andMarina Goloubinoff; Other initiatives; 24. Sustainable harvesting of epiphytic bromeliads in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico: a pilot study by Jan H D Wolf and Cornelis J F Konings; 25. Reducing the ecological footprint of the 'wooden rhino': the case forcertification of Kenyan woodcarvings by Susanne F Schmitt and Anthony B Cunningham; Section III: The core elements of NTFP certification; 6. Ecological issues by Alan R Pierce and Patricia Shanley

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-136-55524-2

1-280-47571-4

1-84977-283-5

9786610475711

1-136-55525-0

600-00-0313-7

1-4175-2249-6

9781849772839

OCLC:

811504947