Non-Timber Forest Products in Brazil: A Bibliometric and a State of the Art Review

Thiago Cardoso Silva, Emmanoella Costa Guaraná Araujo, Tarcila Rosa da Silva Lins, Cibelle Amaral Reis, Carlos Roberto Sanquetta and Márcio Pereira da Rocha
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Thiago Cardoso Silva: Department of Forestry Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Paraná, 80.210-170 Curitiba, Brazil
Emmanoella Costa Guaraná Araujo: Department of Forestry Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Paraná, 80.210-170 Curitiba, Brazil
Tarcila Rosa da Silva Lins: Department of Forestry Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Paraná, 80.210-170 Curitiba, Brazil
Cibelle Amaral Reis: Department of Forestry Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Paraná, 80.210-170 Curitiba, Brazil
Carlos Roberto Sanquetta: Department of Forestry Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Paraná, 80.210-170 Curitiba, Brazil
Márcio Pereira da Rocha: Department of Forestry Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Paraná, 80.210-170 Curitiba, Brazil

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-24

Abstract: Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are a consolidated source of income and acquisition of inputs from forest environments. Therefore, the objective of this work was to carry out a collection of publications on NTFPs in Brazil, until 2019, available in the Scopus database, presenting a bibliometric review and the state of the art of this theme from the evaluation of these publications, discussing the challenges of Brazilian legislation on NTFPs. After screening the articles of interest, 196 documents were evaluated, in which they were observed institutions and authors, analyzing networks of citations and terms used, areas of forest sciences and sciences that encompass the most explored biomes and the most studied species. The results showed that the concern to research on NTFPs in Brazil began in the 1990s, with an increase in the number of publications over the years. Besides that, the research on NTFPs is multidisciplinary, with emphasis on the areas of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. For better regulation of the process of exploration and management of NTFPs in Brazil, the need to create specific legislation that takes into account factors such as the phytogeographic domain the explored area, producing species, and the products and co-products obtained was observed.

Keywords: natural products; forest production; forest products market; environmental legislation; forest management; extractivism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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