Authors
Ian K. Dawson, Roger Leakey, Charles R. Clement, John C. Weber, Jonathan P. Cornelius, James M. Roshetko, Barbara Vinceti, Antoine Kalinganire, Zac Tchoundjeu, Eliot Masters, Ramni Jamnadass
Publication date
2014
Journal
Forest Ecology and Management
Volume
333
Pages
9-21
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Description
Products and services provided by trees in forests and farmland support the needs and promote the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people in the tropics. Value depends on managing both the diversity of tree species present in landscapes and the genetic variation within these species. The benefits from trees and their genetic resources are, however, often not well quantified because trade is frequently outside formal markets, there is a multiplicity of species and ways in which trees are used and managed, and genetic diversity within species is frequently not given proper consideration. We review here what is known about the value of trees to rural communities through considering three production categories: non-timber products harvested from trees in natural and managed forests and woodlands; the various products and services obtained from a wide range of trees planted and/or retained in smallholders …
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