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« on: September 20, 2008, 10:53:59 AM »

Non Timber Forest Products
Abbreviated as NTFPs, non-timber forest products are materials that are processed and developed from plants and animals excluding timber. Often finished from the trunk of live trees, lumber and its fiber (with minimum dimension of five inches or 127 millimeters) are used to many construction needs, furniture and industrial requirements among other measly articles where the market can now be within reach trees’ fibers are used to products like paper.

While regulated logging can do lesser disadvantages, harvesting timbers has been a bigger part of alterations in forest composition, more so when carbons are being unable to be absorbed, increasing temperatures. Among these consequences would be habitat fragmentation, erosion, landslide, turbidity and altered drainage patterns. It is a worldwide activity. The World Bank is wary that illegal timber harvesting are costing people 10-15 billion euros annually. Our country lost an annual $i.8B because of illegal logging. Considering that it is a longterm venture, business risks, specifically investment and management, come into mind-stakes that not only relegate the environment.

Non-timber products are not new, but since information dissemination is limited, we’ve become more acquainted with using the products themselves than knowing what they are. Labeled as secondary or specialty products, they include fruits, oils, medicinal herbs and spices, dyes, resins, flora, honey and mushrooms-harvested from the forests. NTFP-TF in South East Asia is working on these products with the minimum process involved, therefore being conscious of their cultural and environmental significance. CMCC, which focuses on indigenous handiworks, highlights the harvest of rattan, beads, dyes and bamboo among others.

A 1997 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report says that 80% of people in developing countries use NFTPs while the millions who make it (more so with our indigenous people) rely on them as livelihood. It serves purposes environmentally to conserve biodiversity; and recently, its economic impact is being studied. NTFPs now face intellectual property discussions, especially to endemic species developed as products in pharmaceuticals and research, and the sustainable means (sans over-harvesting) by which they can be acquired should also be taken into consideration. FAO reports the country as one of the top producers of fuelwood, coconut and selected forest products.

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