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The ecology and management of non-timber forest resources.

By: Peters, Charles M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington : World Bank, 1996Subject(s): Forest Resources | Forest resources -- Management. -- Forest resources -- ManagementSummary: This paper describes the basic ecological characteristics of tropical forests and highlights those that influence the sustainability of production of non-timber forest products. The paper challenges the common assumption that the use of non-timber forest products is automatically ecologically benign and outlines the ecological processes governing the development and functioning of tropical forests.
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This paper describes the basic ecological characteristics of tropical forests and highlights those that influence the sustainability of production of non-timber forest products. The paper challenges the common assumption that the use of non-timber forest products is automatically ecologically benign and outlines the ecological processes governing the development and functioning of tropical forests.

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