Non-Timber Forest Products:  Medicinal Herbs, Fungi, Edible Fruit and Nuts, and Other Natural Products from the Forest Edited by Marla R. Emery (USDA Forest Service, Burlington, VT) and Rebecca J. McLain (Institute for Culture and Ecology, Portland, OR). Food Products Press, Binghamton, NY. 2001. 176 pp. 15 × 21 cm. $39.95 ($29.95 paperback). ISBN 1-56022-088-0 (cloth); 1-56022-089-9 (paper).

2002 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 1746-1746
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Medicinal Herbs ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Edible Fruit ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

scholarly journals USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory: Acetylation of Wood 1945–1966

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Ibach ◽  
Roger M. Rowell
Keyword(s):  
Forest Products ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Usda Forest Service

The first research on acetylation of wood started in 1928, and the first research done on acetylation of wood at the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) started in 1945. This is a review of the research done between 1945 and 1966 at the FPL. This research was the first to show that acetylated wood was both decay-resistant and dimensionally stable. It was the pioneering research that ultimately led to the commercial production of acetylated wood.

Policies and practices to sustain soil productivity: perspectives from the public and private sectors

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G Cline ◽  
Jerry Ragus ◽  
Gary D Hogan ◽  
Doug G Maynard ◽  
Neil W Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Soil Productivity ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Forest Industries ◽  
Forest Use

The USDA Forest Service, the Canadian Forest Service, and US and Canadian forest products industries are committed to the principles of sustainable forestry with a major focus on protecting soil productivity. The USDA Forest Service has developed and adopted soil quality standards to evaluate the effects of forest use and management activities on forest soils and, if necessary, prescribe remedial or preventive actions to avoid adverse impacts on soil productivity. Similarly, the Canadian Forest Service has adopted a series of criteria and indicators with which to monitor the impacts of management on soil resources. The policies of both public agencies reflect the recommendations of the Montréal Process Working Group (1999). Many forest industries have adopted the Sustainable Forestry Initiative developed by the American Forest and Paper Association (2000). Standards of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative clearly state the vision and direction for achieving sustainable forest management, goals, and objectives to be attained and performance measures for judging whether a goal or objective has been achieved. However, both public and private entities recognize that current standards, criteria, and indicators represent first approximations. Continuing revision and adjustment based on information from long-term research studies are vital to protecting soil productivity while deriving optimum public benefits from our forest-based resources.

Illegal rattan extraction trends in the Ankasa Conservation Area in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
R. Obour, D. Amankwaa, A. Asare
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
The North ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

Protected Areas (PAs) are created for the protection and maintenance of biological diversity, but many of Ghana’s PAs are subjectto severe pressures and threats, the main pressures being the illegal extraction of natural resources. Rattans are indisputablyone of the most important Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in Ghana’s Protected Areas that is without doubt one of thereasons for which it has drawn the attention of researchers. In this study the illegal rattan extraction patterns in the AnkasaConservation Area (ACA) in Ghana was inspected. Simple random sampling and Snowball sampling techniques were used. Datacollection employed the use of semi-structured questionnaires, interviews and field enumeration of rattans as well as an analysisof Effective Patrol Man-days (EPMDS) from 2004 to 2012. The results showed a significant positive correlation (r = 0.75, p<0.05, r2 = 0.557) between patrol effort and rattan extraction encounters. In addition, there was a general reduction in illegalrattan extraction encounters from 2004 to 2012 at a rate of 4.3 per year. The highest illegal rattan extraction incidences wererecorded in 2006 (76 encounters), 2005 (35 encounters), 2008 (22 encounters), 2004 (18 encounters) and the least incidencewere recorded in both 2010 (3 encounters) and 2011 (3 encounters).The research also revealed that Eremospatha macrocarpawas the most extracted rattan species followed by Laccosperma secundiflorum. The major rattan extraction and trade routesoriginate in the northern parts and in the area east of the reserve and also south of Draw River Forest Reserve. Generally, rattanpoaching in Ankasa Conservation Area has declined, but there are still human incursions in the northern part of the reserve. Thestudy recommended an intensification of patrols in the north of the reserve. Also, enrichment planting and Agroforestry practicesof inter-cropping rattans with seasonal crops should be pursued vigorously for the local communities.

Market Survey of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Sunyani Municipality

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
S.D. Akoto
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Packaging Materials ◽  
Medicinal Products ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products ◽  
Communal Lands ◽  
Forest Lands

This study sought to: (1) identify the types and sources of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) traded; (2) find the frequencyof the NTFPs trade and (3) identify the challenges in NTFPs trading in the Sunyani Municipality. The survey was carried outfrom February, 2014 to April, 2014 mainly at the Sunyani Central and Nana Bosoma Markets in the Sunyani Municipality. Thetarget population comprised NTFPs collectors (gatherers), sellers and consumers. Respondents were purposively sampled. Atotal of 100 respondents were engaged in this study. The NTFPs were grouped into six categories namely; food, medicine,building materials, packaging materials, artefacts and domestic utensils. Key informants’ interviews were also conducted atthe Sunyani Forest Services Division to triangulate the data already gathered. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was usedto analyze the data obtained. The study demonstrated that domestic utensils (37%), food (33%), medicinal products (12%),packaging materials (9%), artefacts (6%) and building materials (3%) were the types of NTFPs traded in the two market centers.The results also showed that majority of the respondents (77%) harvest their NTFPs from forest lands as against 23% whoharvest from communal lands. A significant proportion of the respondents (52%) traded in above 40 kg of NTFPs and only 4%were seen trading in 10 kg of NTFPs. The study further highlighted that food (28%) and domestic utensils (26%) were regularlybrought to the market centers on weekly basis whilst significant proportions of medicinal products (9%), building materials(3%) and artefacts (4%) were brought to the market venues on monthly basis. Cumbersome permit procedure (40%), increasedmarket demand (15%) and financial constraints (20%) were identified as some of the challenges encountered in NTFPs tradingin the Sunyani Municipality. To ensure strict monitoring and sustainability of the resource, there is the need for sensitizationprogramme on the importance of NTFPs in rural livelihood and why their conservation is vital in meeting the needs of thepresent generation whilst not undermining their potential in supplying the needs of future generations.

USDA Forest Service National Woodland Owner Survey, 2011-2013: design, implementation, and estimation methods

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett J. Butler ◽  
Brenton J. Dickinson ◽  
Jaketon H. Hewes ◽  
Sarah M. Butler ◽  
Kyle Andrejczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Service ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
National Woodland Owner Survey

USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program Highlights: 1991-1995 : Effects of Global Change

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Birdsey ◽  
Robert Mickler ◽  
David Sandberg ◽  
Richard Tinus ◽  
John Zerbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Usda Forest Service ◽  
Global Change Research Program ◽  
Global Change Research

Conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse: An assessment of USDA Forest Service Science

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Finch ◽  
D. A. Boyce ◽  
J. C. Chambers ◽  
C. J. Colt ◽  
K. Dumroese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Service ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Sage Grouse ◽  
Usda Forest Service
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document