The Ecology and Management of Non-Timber Forest Resources

C.M. Peters

Working Papers from World Bank - Technical Papers

Abstract: Tropical forests contain an incredible diversity of fruit, nuts, oil seeds, latexes, resins, gums, spices, and medicinal plants of great potential economic value. This report summarizes the current state of knowledge on the ecology of these non-timber resources and outlines a series of management recommendations for their sustainable harvest.

Keywords: ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q20 Q30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 157 pages
Date: 1996
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