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CF Case Study 4: Case Studies in Forest-Based Small Scale Enterprises in Asia. Rattan, Matchmaking and Handicrafts

Year of publication 1991

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Community Forestry Case Study

Series number 1020-4466

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The number of forest-based small scale enterprises (FBSSEs), and the true extent of their contribution to local economies is becoming apparent. An understanding of both their importance to local people and the vulnerability of FBSSEs to external factors is best examined and analyzed through case studies. The Committee on Forestry first recognized the need for further individualized study of FBSSEs in 1985. In response to their recommendations, the Forest, Trees and People Programme, adminis tered by the Community Forestry Unit of the Forestry Planning and Institutions Service of FAO has been developing a collection of case analyses of FBSSEs and related non-wood forest products. This set of three Asian case studies was commissioned by the Planning and Institutions Service. They illustrate the considerable diversity of these enterprises.

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