Call Prefix : PR-S

Call Suffix : 2008

Call Main : SEARCA PBS 2008-5

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : Printed; electronic

Series : SEARCA Policy Brief Series 2008-5

Publisher : SEARCA

Publication Date : 2008

Publication Place : Los Banos, Laguna

Summary : Used for food, furniture, housing, and as cash crop, NTFPs include rattan, bamboo, resins, forest food plants, and medicinal and cosmetic products that are derived from forests and related ecosystems. Previously referred to as “minor forest products”, NTFPs received little attention from government and big business because timber harvesting and utilization, as the long-established income-generating enterprise from forests, offered far better financial returns. Rules and regulations on NTFPs were subsumed in generalized policies meant for timber, which in most cases were not adequate because of the different nature, growth requirements, and harvesting and utilization tools for NTFPs.