For some years come
to develop the idea that a forest is not only valuable for the potential timber
productivity, today we know other applications and services that give us the
forest and in some cases without cutting any tree, I speak of non-wood forest
products.
Although it has been
discussed there is no agreement on terminology to describe NWFP, however
according to FAO it has adopted the following definition:
"Non-wood forest
products consist of goods of biological origin other than wood, derived from
forests, other wooded land and trees outside of forests"
Therefore we can say
that are extracted forest products such as berries or fungi gourmet quality, as
well as resins and tannins used in the chemical industry, among other products
we can provide the woods ... then show you a list of NWFP:
• essential oils
• Leaves and branches
(infusions, decoration, extraction of tannins)
• tannins
• Extraction of fungi
and fruits (gastronomy)
• oleoresin
(turpentine, adhesives, waxes), etc...
Depending on the
species and the ecosystem in which is embedded the forest there are several
NWFP in general the marketing of these products, except the chemical industry,
it is quite casual for that is also difficult to quantify, because there is a
lot of plants and animals that can be presented as NWFP resources.
