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Non-wood News

An information bulletin on non-wood forest products

Year of publication 2006

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Product type Document

Category Bulletin

Series title Non-wood news

Series number 1020-3435

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Forest-dependent communities have always recognized the importance of NWFPs in their everyday lives – whether as food, shelter or medicine. Over time, recognition of the importance of NWFPs in poverty alleviation and knowledge of the multiplicity of uses and benefits deriving from NWFPs have grown steadily and many NWFPs are now traded at all levels: locally, regionally, nationally and globally (although figures on this trade are often unorganized, missing or incomplete, e.g. on bushmeat).

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