Ecological Sustainability for Non-timber Forest Products Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting

Part 1: Examining Non-Timber Forest Product Systems 

1. Introduction: The Need to Understand the Ecological Sustainability of Non-Timber Forest Products Harvesting Systems 

Charlie M. Shackleton, Tamara Ticktin and Ashok K. Pandey 

2. Non-Timber Forest Products in Livelihoods 

Charlie M. Shackleton 

3. The Ecological Sustainability of Non-Timber Forest Product Harvest: Principles and Methods 

Tamara Ticktin 

4. The Importance of Environmental History in Evaluating the Sustainability of Non-Timber Forest Product Harvesting Systems 

Annika C. Dahlberg 

Part 2: Case Studies of Ecologically Sustainable Non-timber Forest Product Harvest Systems 

5. Harvesting of Palm Fruits can be Ecologically Sustainable: A Case of Buriti (Mauritia Flexuosa; Arecaceae) in Central Brazil 

Maurício Bonesso Sampaio and Flavio Antonio Maës dos Santos 

6. Harvesting from the Tree of Life: Responsible Commercialization of Baobab in South Africa and Malawi 

Lucy Welford, Sarah Venter, Christian Dohse and Itai Chibaya 

7. The Road to Sustainable Harvests in Wild Honey Collection: Experiences from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, India 

Anita Varghese, Snehlata Nath, Robert Leo and Sumin George Thomas 

8. The Sustainability of Small-Scale Fishery Harvests in the Context of Highly Variable Resources 

Jaime Aburto, Georgina Cundill and Wolfgang Stotz 

9. The Sustainability of Soapberry (Sapindus Laurifolia Vahl) Fruit Harvest by the Soliga Community in South India 

Siddappa Setty R. 

10. Moving from the Ecological Sustainability to the Participatory Management of Janaguba (Himatanthus Drasticus – Apocynaceae) 

Cristina Baldauf, Christiane E. Corrêa, Maísa Ciampi-Guillardi, Julia C. Sfair, Damasio D. Pessoa, Raydine C.F. Oliveira, Marilyn F. Machado, Cícero Íkaro Dantas Milfont, Terry C.H. Sunderland and Flavio A.M. dos Santos 

11. Sustainable Bark Harvesting of Important Medicinal Tree Species, India 

Ashok K. Pandey 

12. Cork Oak (Quercus Suber L.): A Case of Sustainable Bark Harvesting In Southern Europe 

Augusta Costa and Graça Oliveira 

13. Sustainability of Golden Grass Flower Stalk Harvesting in the Brazilian Savanna 

Isabel B. Schmidt, Isabel Benedetti Figueiredo and Tamara Ticktin 

Part 3: Ecological Sustainability in Dynamic Social Contexts 

14. Commercialization and Sustainability: When can they Co-Exist? 

Rachel Wynberg and Jaci van Niekerk 

15. Good Governance: A Key Element of Sustainable Non-Timber Forest Product Harvesting Systems 

Rebecca J. McLain and Steven Lawry 

16. Ecologically Sustainable Harvesting of Non-Timber Forest Products: Disarming the Narrative and the Complexity 

Charlie M. Shackleton, Ashok K. Pandey and Tamara Ticktin

Biography

Charlie M. Shackleton is Professor and Research Chair in the Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Ashok K. Pandey is a scientist and Head of the Non-wood Forest Produce Division, Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi.

Tamara Ticktin is Professor in the Department of Botany, University of Hawai‘i, USA.

"This book is a useful contribution to the conservation and sustainability debate insofar as it draws attention to often neglected or overlooked NTFPs ... This text is especially relevant to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in agriculture, development and environmental science..." - A.M. Mannion, Bulletin of the Briitsh Ecological Society

"Ecological Sustainability for Non-timber Forest Products is an important contribution to the study of sustainable use of wild plant and animal resources. I highly recommend it to ecologists, ethnobotanists and resource managers." – Economic Botany, Robert Voeks, California State University, USA