Planning for woodcarving in the 21st century

cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for International Forestry Researchen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/1164en_US
cg.subject.ciforNON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTSen_US
dc.contributor.authorCenter for International Forestry Researchen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-04T09:08:38Zen_US
dc.date.available2012-06-04T09:08:38Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/18638en_US
dc.titlePlanning for woodcarving in the 21st centuryen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCIFOR. 2002. Planning for woodcarving in the 21st century . CIFOR Infobrief No.1. Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. 4p.en_US
dcterms.issued2002en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherCenter for International Forestry Researchen_US
dcterms.subjectwood carvingen_US
dcterms.subjectindustryen_US
dcterms.subjectforest products industryen_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectnon-timber forest productsen_US
dcterms.typeBriefen_US

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