The future of the non-timber forest product industry

Luc C. Duchesne; Iain Davidson-Hunt; John Zasada

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The future of the non-timber forest product industry

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Authors:

Luc C. Duchesne, Iain Davidson-Hunt, John Zasada

Year:

2001

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Davidson-Hunt, Iain; Duchesne, Luc C.; Zasada, John C., eds. Forest communities in the third millennium: linking research, business, and policy toward a sustainable non-timber forest product sector, proceedings of the meeting; 1999 October 1-4; Kenora, Ontario, Canada. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-217. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 149-151.

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Abstract

The boreal and northern forests of North America cover a vast area and have low population density with many inhabitants living in small communities. The inhabitants of these communities as well as those from urban areas are dependent on the forest resource for many commodity and non-commodity values. Although the socio-cultural outlook is changing somewhat, past and current development has been mainly geared toward the extraction of wood and fiber products and their manufacturing. Indeed, there is a rich history of gathering many plant materials for food, technological, medicinal, and spiritual values among the First Nations peoples and Europeans that migrated to and settled these lands.

Parent Publication

Forest communities in the third millennium: linking research, business, and policy toward a sustainable non-timber forest product sector.

Citation

Duchesne, Luc C.; Davidson-Hunt, Iain; Zasada, John C. 2001. The future of the non-timber forest product industry. In: Davidson-Hunt, Iain; Duchesne, Luc C.; Zasada, John C., eds. Forest communities in the third millennium: linking research, business, and policy toward a sustainable non-timber forest product sector, proceedings of the meeting; 1999 October 1-4; Kenora, Ontario, Canada. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-217. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 149-151.