Sustainable forest management beyond the timber-oriented status quo: transitioning to co-production of timber and non-wood forest products—a global perspective

JP Sheppard, J Chamberlain, D Agúndez… - Current Forestry …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review provides perspectives and insights of forest
researchers from four continents representing a range of geo-regions, with examples from …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of forests and trees to sustainable diets

B Vinceti, C Termote, A Ickowitz, B Powell… - Sustainability, 2013 - mdpi.com
With the growing demands from a population expected to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it
is unclear how our current global food system will meet future food needs. Ensuring that all …

Community managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics

L Porter-Bolland, EA Ellis, MR Guariguata… - Forest ecology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the role of protected and community managed forests for the long term
maintenance of forest cover in the tropics. Through a meta-analysis of published case …

Do space‐for‐time assessments underestimate the impacts of logging on tropical biodiversity? An Amazonian case study using dung beetles

F França, J Louzada, V Korasaki… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Human alteration of the global environment is leading to a pervasive loss of biodiversity.
Most studies evaluating human impacts on biodiversity occur after the disturbance has taken …

[HTML][HTML] The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: Non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry …

IK Dawson, R Leakey, CR Clement, JC Weber… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Products and services provided by trees in forests and farmland support the needs and
promote the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people in the tropics. Value depends on …

Forest concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala: A decade later

J Radachowsky, VH Ramos, R McNab, EH Baur… - Forest ecology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the Multiple-Use Zone of Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve, the usufruct rights to
timber and non-timber forest resources were granted through concession agreements to 12 …

The impacts of selective logging on non-timber forest products of livelihood importance

L Rist, P Shanley, T Sunderland, D Sheil… - Forest Ecology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The potential for combining timber and non-timber forest product extraction has been
examined in the context of diversified forest management. Many tropical forests are …

Revisiting the 'cornerstone of Amazonian conservation': a socioecological assessment of Brazil nut exploitation

MR Guariguata, P Cronkleton, AE Duchelle… - Biodiversity and …, 2017 - Springer
The Brazil nut (the seeds of the rainforest tree Bertholletia excelsa) is the only globally
traded seed collected from the wild by forest-based harvesters across the Amazon basin …

[PDF][PDF] From lifelines to livelihoods: Non-timber forest products into the twenty-first century

P Shanley, AR Pierce, SA Laird… - Tropical forestry …, 2015 - peopleandplants.org
Abstract Globally, 1.5 billion people use or trade non-timber forest products (NTFPs) with the
majority of NTFP use and trade occurring at local and regional scales, generally invisible to …

Managing for timber and biodiversity in the Congo Basin

R Nasi, A Billand, N van Vliet - Forest Ecology and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
Multiple-use forest management is considered by many as a preferable alternative to single-
use, generally timber-dominant, management models. In the Congo Basin rainforests …