Idioma principal do documento: Inglês


Resumo em Inglês: 1. Cork oak forest landscapes have greater long-term economic value if their biodiversity is maintained by a multiple-use management system. Combining sound Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) with tourism brings social and economic sustainability, reduces the risk of over-exploitation, and offers good opportunities for including the wider local society. 2. Local forest communities lean toward sustainable management of forests if they see direct economic benefits from harvesting and selling their products. Empowering local users' associations will consolidate a sense of ownership and responsibility among local stakeholders who monitor the health of the forest landscape, help reduce the risk of disturbance, and make the forest more economically relevant to society in general. 3. Poverty is both a root cause and a result of the depletion of natural resources and the degradation of the environment: deforestation pressures will be reduced through poverty alleviation by viable and sustainable forest management, harvesting, processing, and marketing. Addressing the root causes of the loss of biodiversity is strategically vital. Consumer awareness may pressure processors and forest owners into seeking certification and thereby securing the social, environmental, and economic factors for success in establishing long-term NTFP-based conservation and development programmes. 4. NTFP can play a key role as indicators of forest health, becoming an important educational, awareness-raising, and monitoring tool. NTFP have an extraordinary potential to raise awareness about the long-term benefits of a healthy forest landscape. In the case of apiculture, project managers can develop good economic arguments for raising awareness, achieving buy-in, and involving local stakeholders in a multi-purpose NTFP management and conservation initiative: Guaranteeing habitat requirements (diverse vegetation with several blooming periods) for bees helps diversify honey production and enlarge the annual production period. This could considerably increase producer revenue. Producers will gain better control over their grazing activities, helping secure diverse and healthy vegetation. Wildlife habitat requirements are guaranteed. Opportunities also arise to develop complementary NTFP production activities (like myrtle essence, which occurs just after blooming). A healthy bee population will also be crucial for pollinating crops in and around the forest landscape, securing a crucial economic sector at the regional and national level.
Palavras-chave em Inglês: multi-purpose cork oak forest landscapes, Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP), sustainable agroforestry systems, apiculture products, Mediterranean coniferous forest products, Mediterranean mushrooms, aromatic and edible plants, biodiversity conservation

Tipo: Livro/E-Book

Áreas temáticas: Ciências Biológicas, Ciências Agrárias e Desenv. Rural, Economia e Gestão
Ano publicação/produção:  2007

Instituição: WWF Mediteranean in cooperation with IPADE

Referência bibliográfica: Berrahmouni, N., Escuté, X., Regato, P. & Stein, C. (Editors) 2007. Beyond Cork—a wealth of resources for People and Nature. WWF Mediterranean and IPADE, Madrid.

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