Poverty reduction through non-timber forest products : personal stories /: personal stories. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Deepa Pullanikkatil, Charlie M. Shackleton, editors.
• Editors: Pullanikkatil, Deepa; Shackleton, Charlie M
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Poverty Reduction Strategies and Non-timber Forest Products; Rationale for This Book; Why Tell Stories?; Definitions; NTFPs and SDG Goal 1; NTFPs Missing in Poverty Reduction Strategies; Selecting Stories; Structure of the Book; References; 2 Considering the Links Between Non-timber Forest Products and Poverty Alleviation; Introduction; What Are Poverty, Poverty Alleviation and Poverty Traps?; NTFPs and Poverty Mitigation and Cash Saving; NTFPs as Safety Nets in Mitigating Poverty; NTFP Trade for Poverty Alleviation ConclusionsReferences; Personal Stories; 3 The Gubinge of the Twin Lakes; 4 Açai Berry: Brazil's Super Fruit; 5 Honey Production in Urban Cameroon; 6 Cameroon's Elixir: Palm wine; 7 A Full Circle; 8 Guatemala's Nutritious Green Gold from the "Tree of Life"; 9 Crafting Out of Poverty; 10 The Uplifting Fragrance of Incense; 11 From Weed to Furniture; 12 Truffles: The Precious Mushroom; 13 The Hidden Master; 14 Busy as a Bee: Breeding Industrious Bees in Malawi; 15 Sustainable Pride: Camedor Palm; 16 From Leaves to Furniture, The Story of a Furniture Builder; 17 Malazi, The Palm Wine Tapper 18 Allo: The Himalayan Giant NettleAcknowledgements; 19 Pine Needles: Sustainable Creativity; 20 Peruvian Brazil Nuts; 21 The Last Basket Weaver of São Mamede; 22 Three Generations of Healers; 23 Ugandan Bark Cloth: From Coffins to Handbags; 24 Weaving Together Livelihood and Culture in Maine, USA; Conclusions; 25 Listening to the Stories; NTFPs Can Be a Pathway for Poverty Reduction; Poverty as a Lived Experience; Structural Poverty Traps; Pathways Out of Poverty; Diminishing Intergenerational Poverty Through Education; Training Others; Social Belonging; Culture/Heritage; Connection to Land Social NetworksReducing Gender Inequality; Ecological Sustainability; Other Aspects of Reducing Poverty; Looking to the Future; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 339.46; Environment; Poverty; Rural poor; Non-timber forest products; Non-timber forest products -- Management; Forest ecology; Forest management -- Nigeria; Forest products -- Nigeria; Sustainable development; Ecology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Science -- Environmental Science; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Sustainability; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319755809; 3319755803
• Related ISBNs: 9783319755793
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.