Approximately 2.5× 106 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by
fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all …

Wild edible fruits (WEFs) are among the most widely used non-timber forest products
(NTFPs), and important sources of nutrition, medicine, and income for their users. In addition …

Forest dynamics in the Latin American tropics now take directions that no one would have
predicted a decade ago. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped by over 80 …

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 …

Official reports and academic studies call for profound and immediate transformations in
how businesses relate to biodiversity. The urgency is such that the first draft of the Post-2020 …

Spiritual values are part of major global forest-related policies and strategies for sustainable
forest management. Despite ongoing research and current debates, the significance of …

The continuing destruction of the Amazonian forest, the largest remaining tropical forest
ecosystem, has massive social and environmental consequences for local populations, but …

Although many examples of multiple-use forest management may be found in tropical
smallholder systems, few studies provide empirical support for the integration of selective …

Constraints in making multiple use forest management a more widespread land use type
across the tropics still prevail. Technical and managerial capacities usually differ for different …

The multiple use forest management planning (MUFMP) approach was developed to
implement the principle of sustainable forest management; in simplest terms, the balance of …