Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products

Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 1559631694
ISBN-13 : 9781559631693
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Book Synopsis Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products by : Mark Plotkin

Download or read book Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products written by Mark Plotkin and published by Island Press. This book was released on 1992-07 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics covered include the use and conservation of ethnobotanical information, the potential uses of nontimber forest products from various regions of the Neotropics, the development and use of plants as medicines, and the international marketplace for nontimber forest products and how it can best be created and reached. Because of their special significance, a separate section is devoted to uses and potential uses of palm products. Among the contributors are: Al Gentry, Missouri Botanical Garden; Steven R. King, Shaman Pharmaceuticals; Gary Paul Nabhan, Native Seed/SEARCH; Richard Evans Schultes, Botanical Museum of Harvard University; and others from around the globe. Mark Plotkin is vice president for the program in plant conservation, and Lisa Famolare is a program associate at Conservation International, an organization dedicated to the conservation of ecosystems and biological diversity worldwide.


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