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Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina

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Title Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina
 
Creator López, C.
Shanley, P.
Cuba-Cronkleton, M.
 
Subject non-timber forest products
uses
bark
roots
foods
fruits
medicinal plants
case studies
forest products
wood carving
harvesting
trade
handicrafts
plants
seeds
shoots
exudates
commercialization
 
Description This book compiles traditional and specialized knowledge about 26 plants used by rural and urban people in Latin America. The pages tell real-life stories about a wide range of forest products and the people who use and manage them. The book describes what we can learn from the people who carve out a living harvesting these forest products? The individual chapters illustrate how different forest foods, fibres and medicines are grown, harvested, processed and traded. Through these stories we learn about the history of such products - some of which have been used and traded for centuries, while others are relatively new. It also shows the various opportunities and problems that collectors and traders face, and the way they respond to change. In each case, the book describes the main characteristics of the forest product, its historical usage, harvesting and management, and how it is processed and traded. In closing, each author comments briefly on trends and current issues regarding the resource. The final chapter reviews common themes and lessons that can be drawn from these cases.
 
Date 2006
2012-06-04T09:09:32Z
2012-06-04T09:09:32Z
 
Type Book
 
Identifier Lopez, C., Shanley, P., Cuba-Cronkleton, M., eds. 2006. Riquezas del bosque: frutas, remedios y artesanias en America Latina . Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. 178p. ISBN: 979-24-4623-0..
979-24-4623-0
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19511
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2097
 
Language es
 
Publisher Center for International Forestry Research