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Alexiades, M.N. and Shanley, P. 2004. "Introducción" . In: Alexiades, M.N. and Shanley, P. (eds.). Productos forestales, medios de subsistencia y conservación: estudios de caso sobre sistemas de manejo de productos forestales no maderables. Volumen 3 - América Latina: pp. 1-22. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Angelsen, A.; Rio, N.; Loken, A. and Tarigan, J. 2004. "Forest products for the poor, the rich or the middle class? Three cases from Indonesia". In: Asbjornsen, H., Angelsen, A., Belcher, B., Michon, G., Ruíz Pérez, M. and Wijesekara, V.R.P.(eds.). Proceedings of the Workshop Cultivating (in) Tropical Forests?: the Evolution and Sustainability of Systems of Management between Extractivism and Plantations. 28 June - 1 July 2000, Kraemmervika, Lofoten, Norway: pp. 71-72. ETFRN Publication No. 3. European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN), Wageningen, Netherlands.

Armas, W.N. and de Jong, W. 2004. Uña de gato [Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. Ex Roem. & Schult) DC. y Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) Gmel.]: potencial y esperanzas de un bejuco Amazonico del Peru. In: Alexiades, M.N. and Shanley, P. (eds.). Productos forestales, medios de subsistencia y conservacion: estudios de caso sobre sistemas de manejo de productos forestales no maderables. Vol. 3 - America Latina: 296-313. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Arnold, J.E.M. and Ruíz Pérez, M. 2000. Income from non-timber forest products. In: Price, M.F. and Butt, N. (eds.). Forests in sustainable mountain development: a state of knowledge report for 2000: pp. 300-306. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

The role of non-timber forest products in conservation and development

Arnold, J.E.M. and Ruíz Pérez, M.1998. The role of non-timber forest products in conservation and development. In: Wollenberg, E, and Ingles, A. (eds.). Incomes from the forest: methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities: 17 - 41. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

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Atangana, A.R.; Asaah, E.; Tchoundjeu, Z.; Awono, A.; Schreckenberg, K. and Leakey, R.R.B. 2002. Biophysical characterisation of Dacryodes edulis fruits from three markets in Cameroon. In: Kengue, J., Kapseu, C. and Kayem, G.J. (eds.). Third international workshop on the improvement of safou and other non-conventional oil crops. Yaounde, Cameroon, 3-5 October 2000: pp. 106-118. Presses Universitaires d'Afrique, Yaounde, Cameroon.

Awono, A.; Ndoye, O. and Schreckenberg, K. 2002. La commercialisation de Dacryodes edulis dans la zone forestière humide du Cameroun. In: Kengue, J., Kapseu, C. and Kayem, G.J. (eds.). Third international workshop on the improvement of safou and other non-conventional oil crops. Yaounde, Cameroon, 3-5 October 2000: pp. 400-417. Presses Universitaires d'Afrique, Yaounde, Cameroon.

A production-to-consumption systems approach:

Belcher, B. 1998. A production-to-consumption systems approach: lessons from the bamboo and rattan sectors in Asia. In: Wollenberg, E, and Ingles, A. (eds.). Incomes from the forest: methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities: 57 - 84. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

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Belcher, B. 1999. Investigating the role of rattan in development: CIFOR research into forest livelihood strategies and the dynamics of forest-related development projects in Indonesia. In: Bacilieri, R. and Appanah, S.. Rattan cultivation : achievements, problems and prospects. An International Consultation of Experts for the Project : Conservation, Genetic Improvement, and Silviculture of Rattans in South-East Asia 12-14 May, 1998, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: pp. 175-182.

Belcher, B. 2002. CIFOR research: forest products and people, rattan issues. In: Dransfield, J., Tesoro, F.O. and Manokaran, N. (eds.). Rattan: current research issues and prospects for conservation and sustainable development: pp. 49-61. Non-Wood Forest Products No. 14. FAO, Rome, Italy.

Belcher, B. and Kusters, K. 2004. Non-timber forest product commercialisation: development and conservation lessons. In: Kuster, K. and Belcher, B. (eds.). Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. Volume 1 - Asia: 1-22. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Belcher, B.; Cunningham, A.B. and Campbell, B.M. 2005. Livelihoods, carving and conservation. In: Cunningham, A., Campbell, B. and Belcher, B. (eds.). Carving out a future: forests, livelihoods and the international woodcarving trade: pp. 1-9. People and Plants Conservation Series, Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Belcher, B.; Levang, P.; Dewi, S.; Achdiawan, R.; Tarigan, J.; Riva, W.F.; Kurniawan, I.; Sitorus, S. and Mustikasari, R. 2004. Resilience and evolution in a managed NTFP system: evidence from the rattan gardens of Kalimantan. In: Asbjornsen, H.; Angelsen, A.; Belcher, B.; Michon, G.; Ruíz Pérez, M. and Wijesekara, V.R.P.(eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop Cultivating (in) Tropical Forests?: the Evolution and Sustainability of Systems of Management between Extractivism and Plantations, 28 June - 1 July 2000, Kraemmervika, Lofoten, Norway: pp. 60-61. ETFRN Publication No. 3. European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN), Wageningen, Netherlands.

Belcher, B. 2007. The feasibility of rattan cultivation within shifting cultivation systems: the role of policy and market institutions. In: Asbjornsen, H.; Angelsen, A.; Belcher, B.; Michon, G.; Ruíz Pérez, M. and Wijesekara, V.R.P.(eds.) Proceedings of the Workshop Cultivating (in) Tropical Forests?: the Evolution and Sustainability of Systems of Management between Extractivism and Plantations, 28 June - 1 July 2000, Kraemmervika, Lofoten, Norway: pp. 60-61. ETFRN Publication No. 3. European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN), Wageningen, Netherlands.

Colfer, C.J.P.; Dounias, E.; Goloubinoff, M.; Lopez, C. and Sunderlin, W.D. 2006. Understanding forests-people links: the voice of social scientists. In: Cernea, M.M. and Kassam, A.H. (eds.). Researching the culture in agri-culture:social research for international development: pp. 100-123. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.

de Foresta, H.; Michon, G.; Kusworo, A. and Levang, P.2004. Damar agroforests in Sumatra, Indonesia: domestication of a forest ecosystem through domestication of dipterocarps for resin production. In: Koen Kuster and Brian Belcher (eds.). Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia: 207-226. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Turning ideas into action: planning for non-timber forest product development and conservation

de Jong, W. and Utama, R.1998. Turning ideas into action: planning for non-timber forest product development and conservation. In: Wollenberg, E, and Ingles, A. (eds.). Incomes from the forest: methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities: 43 - 55. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

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Dewi, S.; Garcia-Fernandez, C.; Ruíz Pérez, M.; Belcher, B.; Angelsen, A.; de Agar, P.M.; Loken, A. and Lutnaes, K. 1999. Remote sensing and statistical data analysis as tools to understand forest livelihood strategies. In: Y. Laumonier, B. King, C. Legg and K. Rennolls (eds.). Data Management and Modelling using Remote Sensing and GIS for Tropical Forest Land Inventory. Proceedings of the FIMP-INTAG International Conference, October, 26-29, 1998, Jakarta, Indonesia: pp. 543-546.

Dewi, S., Belcher, B.M., and Puntodewo, A. 2005. Village economic opportunity, forest dependence and rural livelihoods in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. World Development Vol. 33 (9).

Dijkman, W; Stoian, D.; Henkesmans, A.B.; Assies, W. and Boot, R.G.A. 1998. Temporal and spatial dynamics in the extraction of non-timber forest products in the Northern Bolivia Amazon. In: Seminar proceedings Research in Tropical Rain Forests: Its Challenges for the Future, 25-26 November 1997: pp. 149-158.

Dounias, E. 2003. L'exploitation méconnue d'une ressource connue: la collecte des larves comestibles de charançons dans les palmiers raphias au sud Cameroun. In: Motte-Florac, E. and Thomas, J.M.C. (eds.). Les insectes dans la tradition orale: pp. 205-226. Peeters-SELAF, Paris.

Ferreira, S.; Mattos, M.M. and Sabogal, C. 2005. O manejo de capoeiras pode render bons frutos. In: Shanley, P. and Medina, G. Frutiferas e plantas uteis na Vida Amazonica: 263-270. CIFOR and IMAZON, Belem, Brazil.

Goloubinoff, M. 2002. Harum madu dan dupa kemenyan di Jawa Tengah. In: Guillot, C. (comp.). Lobu tua: sejarah awal barus: pp. 259-273. Yayasan Obor Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Hyde, W.F.; Jintao Xu; Belcher, B.; Runsheng Yin and Jinlong Liu. 2003. Conclusions and policy implications. In: Hyde, William F., Jintao Xu and Belcher, B. (eds.). China's forests: global lessons from market reforms: 195-214. Resources for the Future and CIFOR, Washington, DC.

Katz, E. 1997. NWFPs in Bulungan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In: Mittelman, A.J., Lai, C.K., Byron, N., Michon, G. and Katz, E.. Non-wood forest products outlook study for Asia and the Pacific: towards 2010: pp. 39-46. Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study Working Paper No. APFSOS/WP/28.

Katz, E. 2002. Pengolahan kemenyan di dataran tinggi Batak: keadaan sekarang. In: Guillot, C.. Lobu tua: sejarah awal barus: pp. 237-257. Yayasan Obor Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Katz, E.; García-Fernández, C. and Goloubinoff, M. 2002. Sumatra benzoin (Styrax spp.). In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. (eds.). Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products: pp. 246-256. People and Plants Conservation Series, Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Katz, E.; Goloubinoff, M.; Ruíz Pérez, M. and Michon, G. 1998. Experiences in benzoin resin production in Sumatra, Indonesia. In: Mugah, J.O., Chikamai, B.N., Mbiru, S.S. and Casadei, E. (eds.). Conservation, management and utilization of plant gums, resins and essential oils: proceedings of a regional conference for Africa held in Nairobi, Kenya 6-10 October 1997: pp. 56-66.

López, C. 2004. 'Amate' papel de corteza Mexicano [Trema micrantha (L.) Blume]: nuevas estrategias de extracción para enfrentar las demandas de mercado. In: Alexiades, M.N. and Shanley, P. (eds.). Productos forestales, medios de subsistencia y conservación: estudios de caso sobre sistemas de manejo de productos forestales no maderables. vol. 3 - América Latina: pp. 388-413. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Nasi, R. 2001. Harvesting of non-timber forest products: is sustainability achievable?.In: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Assessment, conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity: pp. 17-20. CBD Technical Series No. 3. Montreal, Canada, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada.

Ndoye, O. 2003. Timber harvesting, non timber forest products and rural livelihoods in Central Africa. Conférence sur les Écosystèmes de Forets Denses et Humides d'Afrique Centrale (CEFDHAC). Concilier la gestion des écosystèmes forestiers d'Afrique centrale et la lutte contre la pauvreté. In: Actes de la quatrième CEFDHAC, Kinshasa, 10-13 Juin 2002: pp. 117-126. IUCN, Yaounde, Cameroon.

Ndoye, O. and Ruíz Pérez, M. 1997. The markets on non-timber forest products in the humid forest zone of Cameroon. In: Doolan, S. African rainforest and the conservation of biodiversity: proceedings of the Limbe Conference, Limbe Botanic Garden, Cameroon, 17-24 January 1997: pp. 128-132.

Ndoye, O.; Ruíz Pérez, M. and Eyebe, A. 1999. Non-timber forest products markets and potential degradation of the forest resource in Central Africa: the role of research in providing a balance between welfare improvement and forest conservation. In: Sunderland, T.C.H., Clark, L.E. and Vantomme, P. (eds.). Current research issues and prospects for conservation and development: pp. 183-206. Rome, Italy, FAO.

Pambudhi, F.; Belcher, B.; Levang, P. and Dewi, S. 2004. Rattan (Calamus spp.) gardens of Kalimantan: resilience and evolution in a managed non-timber forest product system. In: Koen Kusters and Brian Belcher (eds.). Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies of non-timber forest product systems. volume 1 - Asia: 347-365. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Panduro, M.P. and de Jong, W. 2004. Camu-camu [Myrciaria dubia McVaugh (H.B.K)] un arbusto amazónico de áreas inundables con alto contenido de vitamina C en Loreto, Peru. In: Alexiades, M.N. and Shanley, P. (eds.). Productos forestales, medios de subsistencia y conservación: estudios de caso sobre sistemas de manejo de productos forestales no maderables. vol. 3 - America Latina: 275-294. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Pierce, A.R. adn Shanley, P. 2002. Ecological issues. In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. (eds.). Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products: pp. 267-282. People and Plants Conservation Series. Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Romero, C., Grundy, I., Campbell, B. and Cunningham, A.B. 2002. Baobab bark (Adansonia digitata). In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. Tapping the green market: Certification and management of non-timber forest products. Earthscan Publications, London, U.K., pp. 208-214.

Romero, C., Grundy, I., Campbell, B. and Cunningham, A.B. 2004. Corteza de baobab (Adansonia digitata). In: Shanley et al. Explotando el Mercado verde: certificación y manejo de productos forestales no maderables. Manuales de Conservación de la Serie Pueblos y Plantas, 7. Montevideo: WWF; UNESCO; Royal Botanic Gardens: Nordan-Comunidad, pp. 217-222.

Ruiz Pérez, M. 1997. Non-timber forest products in Latin America: an overview. In: Crafter, S. A., Awimbo, J. and Broekhoven, A. J. (eds.). Non-timber forest products: value, use and management issues in Africa, including examples from Latin America: pp. 113-118.

Ruiz Pérez, M. 2001.Opening remarks at workshop on social economics, marketing and policy of bamboo sector in China. In: Fu Maoyi, Manuel Ruíz Pérez and Yang Xiaosheng (eds.). Proceeding of workshop on China social economics, marketing and policy of the bamboo sector: pp. 8-9. China Forestry Publishing House, P R China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing.

Ruiz Pérez, M. and Belcher, B. 2001. Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China. In: Fu Maoyi, Ruíz Pérez and M., Yang Xiaosheng (eds.). Proceedings of a Workshop on China Social Economics, Marketing and Policy of the Bamboo Sector, Beijing, 16-18 June 1999: pp. 18-54. Beijing, China Forestry Publishing House. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing.

Ruiz Pérez, M.; Belcher, B.; Maoyi Fu; Xiaosheng Yang. 2003. Forestry, poverty, and rural development: perspectives from the bamboo subsector. In: Hyde, William F., Jintao Xu and Belcher, B. (eds.). China's forests: global lessons from market reforms: 151-176. Resources for the Future and CIFOR, Washington, DC.

Ruiz Pérez, M.; Fu, Maoyi; Belcher, B. and Yang, Xiaosheng. 2000. Case study: the potential of bamboo resources in mountainous China. In: Price, M.F. and Butt, N. (eds.). Forests in sustainable mountain development: a state of knowledge report for 2000: pp. 318-326. IUFRO Research Series No. 5. Oxon, UK, CABI Publishing.

Sayer, J.A. and Changjin Sun. 2003. Impacts of policy reforms on forestry environments and biodiversity. In: Hyde, W.F., Jintao Xu and Belcher, B. (eds.). China's forests: global lessons from market reforms: 177-194. Resources for the Future and CIFOR, Washington, DC.

Shanley, P. and García-Fernández, C. 2004. Bosques tropicales y poblaciones rurales: promoviendo un nuevo paradigma en la región amazónica. In: Pokorny, B., Sabogal, C. and Kramer, F. (eds.). Forum sobre bosques, gestión y desarollo: opciones para la Amazonía: 55-62. CIFOR, Belem, Brazil.

Shanley, P. and Laird, S.A. 2002. The process of drafting and revising guidelines for NTFP certification. In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. (eds.). Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products: pp. 20-27. People and Plants Conservation Series. Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Shanley, P. and Medina, G. 2006. Connecting through culture: communication strategies to enhance forest research and extension in the Brazilian Amazon. In: IUFRO. Communication strategies for multiple partner involvement in forestry extension: proceedings of the 7th Extension Working Party Symposium, 27 September - 1 October 2004, Orvieto and Rome, Italy: pp. 31-44. IUFRO. Working Party S6.06-03 Extension, Rome, Italy.

Shanley, P. and Rodriguez Gaia, G. 2000. Break barriers, increase impact: equitable generation and dissemination of natural resource information in the Brazilian Amazon. In: Guijt, I., Berdegue, J. A. and Loevinsohn, M. (eds.). Deepening the basis of rural resource management: proceedings of a workshop, February 16-18, 2000, ISNAR, The Hague, Netherlands: pp. 181-188.

Shanley, P.; Laird, S.A.; Pierce, A.R. and Guillen, A. 2002. Conclusions and recommendations. In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. (eds.). Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products: pp. 353-365. People and Plants Conservation Series. Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Shanley, P.; Laird, S.A.; Pierce, A.R. and Guillen, A. 2002. Introduction: section 1: overview. In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. (eds.). Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products: pp. 3-6. People and Plants Conservation Series. Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Shanley, P.; Luz, L. and Cymerys, M. 2002. The interface of timber and non-timber resources: declining resources for subsistance livelihoods - a southern case study from Brazilian Amazonia. In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. (eds.). Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products: pp. 313-321. People and Plants Conservation Series. Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Shanley, P.; Pierce, A.R.; Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. 2002. Introduction: section 2: NTFPs and certification. In: Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. and Guillen, A. (eds.). Tapping the green market: certification and management of non-timber forest products: pp. 47-48. People and Plants Conservation Series Earthscan Publications, London, UK.

Sizer, N. et al. 2005. Wood, fuelwood, and non-wood forest products. In: Chopra, K., Leeman, R., Kumar, P. and Simon, H. (eds.). Ecosystems and human well-being policy responses: pp. 257-293. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series No. v. 3. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.

Standa-Gunda, W. and Braedt, O. 2004. Trading forest products in South-Eastern Zimbabwe: ecology, economics and politics of woodcarving. In: Sunderland, T.C.H. and Ndoye, O. (eds.). Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies on non-timber forest product systems. volume 2 - Africa: 183-201. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Sunderland, T.C.H.; Harrison, S.T. and Ndoye, O.2004. Commercialisation of non-timber forest products in Africa: history, context and prospects. In: Sunderland, T.C.H. and Ndoye, O. (eds.). Forest products, livelihoods and conservation: case studies on non-timber forest product systems. volume 2 - Africa: 1-24. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Tieguhong, J.C. and Ndoye, O. 2006. Transforming subsistence products to propellers of sustainable rural development: non-timber forest products (NTFPs) production and trade in Cameroon. In: Wohlmuth, K., Burger, P., Gutowski, A., Hussain, M.N., Kneduk, T. and Meyn, M (eds.). Africa - escaping the primary commodities dilemma: pp. 107-138. African Development Perspectives Yearbook No. v.11. Lit Verlag, Berlin, Germany.