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Non-Timber Forest Products - Food, Healthcare and Industrial Applications (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Non-Timber Forest Products - Food, Healthcare and Industrial Applications (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Forests cover thirty-one percent of the world's land surface,
provide habitats for animals, livelihoods for humans, and generate
household income in rural areas of developing countries. They also
supply other essential amenities, for instance, they filter water,
control water runoff, protect soil erosion, regulate climate, store
nutrients, and facilitate countless non-timber forest products
(NTFPs). The main NTFPs comprise herbs, grasses, climbers, shrubs,
and trees used for food, fodder, fuel, beverages, medicine,
animals, birds and fish for food, fur, and feathers, as well as
their products, like honey, lac, silk, and paper. At present, these
products play an important role in the daily life and well-being of
millions of people worldwide. Hence the forest and its products are
very valuable and often NTFPs are considered as the 'potential
pillars of sustainable forestry'. NTFPs items like food, herbal
drugs, forage, fuel-wood, fountain, fibre, bamboo, rattans, leaves,
barks, resins, and gums have been continuously used and exploited
by humans. Wild edible foods are rich in terms of vitamins,
protein, fat, sugars, and minerals. Additionally, some NTFPs are
used as important raw materials for pharmaceutical industries.
Numerous industry-based NTFPs are now being exported in
considerable quantities by developing countries. Accordingly, this
sector facilitates employment opportunities in remote rural areas.
So, these developments also highlight the role of NTFPs in poverty
alleviation in different regions of the world. This book provides a
wide spectrum of information on NTFPs, including important
references. We hope that the compendium of chapters in this book
will be very useful as a reference book for graduate and
postgraduate students and researchers in various disciplines of
forestry, botany, medical botany, economic botany, ecology,
agroforestry, and biology. Additionally, this book should be useful
for scientists, experts, and consultants associated with the
forestry sector.
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