Planning for woodcarving in the 21st century

cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for International Forestry Researchen
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/1164en
cg.subject.ciforNON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTSen
dc.contributor.authorCenter for International Forestry Researchen
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T09:08:38Zen
dc.date.available2012-06-04T09:08:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/18638
dc.titlePlanning for woodcarving in the 21st centuryen
dcterms.abstractThis info brief provides information on the positive and negative impacts, challenges and reformulation policy on woodcarving industry. The positive impacts in many developing countries are: to contribute significant income, provide safety net, and it links to tourism and adds considerable value to wood compared to others. The negative impacts are that it depletes raw materials and can affect biodiversity of indigenous forest and impacts negatively on livelihoods of some non-carver households. This brief than identify the challenges to sustain the woodcarving industry and to sustain the resource. Present policies neglect the significant economic and livelihood contributions of forest products other than timber. This brief concludes with recommendations to policy makers in Forestry, Tourism and Development sectors on reformulating the present policy.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCIFOR. 2002. Planning for woodcarving in the 21st century . CIFOR Infobrief No.1. Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. 4p.en
dcterms.issued2002
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherCenter for International Forestry Researchen
dcterms.subjectwood carvingen
dcterms.subjectindustryen
dcterms.subjectforest products industryen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjectnon-timber forest productsen
dcterms.typeBrief

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