Wild product governance : finding policies that work for non-timber forest products / edited by Sarah A. Laird, Rebecca McLain, and Rachel P. Wynberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laird, Sarah A.

McLain, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jean)

Wynberg, Rachel.

Series:

People and Plants International conservation series Wild product governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-timber forest products--Government policy.

Non-timber forest products.

Non-timber forest products--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Products from the wild, also known as non-timber forest products (NTFPs), are used as medicines, foods, spices, and a multitude of other purposes. They contribute substantially to rural livelihoods, generate revenue for companies and governments, and have a range of impacts on biodiversity conservation. However, there is little information available for those seeking to develop effective policy frameworks and regulation. This book addresses that shortage with information and recommendations on the drafting, content and implementation of NTFP policies, and the broader issues of gover

Contents:

Cover; Wild Product Governance: Finding Policies that Work forNon-timber Forest Products; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Changing Policy Trends in the Emergence of Bolivia's Brazil Nut Sector; Case Study A: In Search of Regulations to Promote the Sustainable Use of NTFPs in Brazil; Chapter 2 Integrating Customary and Statutory Systems: The Struggle to Develop a Legal and Policy Framework for NTFPs in Cameroon

Case Study B: Policies for Gnetum spp. Trade in Cameroon: Overcoming Constraints that Reduce Benefits and Discourage SustainabilityCase Study C: Regulatory Issues for Bush Mango (Irvingia spp.) Trade in South-west Cameroon and South-east Nigeria; Chapter 3 NTFPs in India: Rhetoric and Reality; Chapter 4 Policy Gaps and Invisible Elbows: NTFPs in British Columbia; Chapter 5 NTFPs in Scotland: Changing Attitudes to Access Rights in a Reforesting Land; Chapter 6 From Barter Trade to Brad Pitt's Bed: NTFPs and Ancestral Domains in the Philippines

Chapter 7 From Indigenous Customary Practices to Policy Interventions: The Ecological and Sociocultural Underpinnings of the NTFP Trade on Palawan Island, the PhilippinesCase Study D Overregulation and Complex Bureaucratic Procedure: A Disincentive for Compliance? The Case of a Valuable Carving Wood in Bushbuckridge, South Africa; Chapter 8 Overcoming Barriers in Collectively Managed NTFPs in Mexico; Chapter 9 Fiji: Commerce, Carving and Customary Tenure

Chapter 10 One Eye on the Forest, One Eye on the Market: Multi-tiered Regulation of Matsutake Harvesting, Conservation and Trade in North-western Yunnan ProvinceChapter 11 Managing Floral Greens in a Globalized Economy: Resource Tenure, Labour Relations and Immigration Policy in the Pacific Northwest, USA; Chapter 12 NTFP Policy, Access to Markets and Labour Issues in Finland: Impacts of Regionalization and Globalization on the Wild Berry Industry; Chapter 13 Navigating a Way through Regulatory Frameworks for Hoodia Use, Conservation, Trade and Benefit Sharing

Chapter 14 Laws and Policies Impacting Trade in NTFPsChapter 15 The State of NTFP Policy and Law; Chapter 16 Recommendations; Appendix: NTFP Law and Policy Literature: Lie of the Land and Areas for Further Research; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-54082-2

1-282-72656-0

9786612726569

1-84977-519-2

9781849775199

OCLC:

651601605