The Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products

ISBN-13: 9781032156262 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str.

Smith-Hall, Carsten

Opis

The Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products provides the first investigation into the role of these products in supporting a transition from business-as-usual to a forest-based bioeconomy.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Why focus on non-timber forest products in the bioeconomy?  Part 1: Where are we – the starting point  2. Non-timber forest products and the European bioeconomy: status and transition pathways  3. Non-timber forest products in Canada: their role in bioeconomy  4. Commercial fungi, indigenous communities, and the bioeconomy transition in Southwest China  5. The potential for using non-timber forest products to develop the Brazilian bioeconomy  6. Informal markets, marginal populations, and the bioeconomy – the success story of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) in the Guiana Shield  7. Lessons for the forest-based bioeconomy from non-timber forest products in Mexico  8. Non-timber forest products and bioeconomy transitioning in Cameroon: potentials and challenges  Part 2: How do we move on – specific examples  9. An operational transition pathway to a forest-based bioeconomy: lessons from the wild-simulated ginseng industry  10. The potential of non-timber forest products to contribute to the bioeconomy transition: the example of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Malawi  11. A framework supporting the transition to a forest-based bioeconomy and its application to Nepal  12. A national-level approach to integrating non-timber forest products and the bioeconomy: the example of Argentina  Part 3: Helpful tools and technologies – tricks of the trade  13. Forest management for sustainable sourcing of non-timber forest products in a bioeconomy  14. Mediterranean stone pine production systems and the emerging bioeconomy in Chile  15. Participatory GIS applications for wild berry utilisation and the Finnish bioeconomy  Conclusion  16. The keys to unlocking the bioeconomy with non-timber forest products