NWFP (Non-wood forest products)

   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.