Overview

• Non-timber forest products (NTFPs): definitions; classification; production systems. Historical perspectives: hunter-gathering; commercialisation; domestication; marginalisation; resurgence.
• Management systems: design and implementation of resource assessment; harvesting rules; sustainable yields; adaptive management; involving people.
• Personal, social and economic use of forest resources and services. NTFP-based small scale enterprise development.
• Trade and markets: certification and green markets; international trade regulation; grey economies; market analysis and development; intellectual property rights
• Policy and strategic planning: law and customary rights; regulation vs. incentives; identifying priorities for intervention.

This is a distance learning module. The module materials include guided reading materials and comprehensive reading list, short Panopto webcasts and interactive discussion forums.

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -Written coursework assessment: submission covers the fundamentals of the topic, but is based mainly on material provided during the module, shows little evidence of supplementary reading or original information and lacks critical analysis.

-good -Written coursework assessment: submission is reasonably well-argued, showing good understanding and knowledge of the topic, evidence of supplementary reading, original information and some critical thought.

-excellent -Written coursework assessment: submission is very well-argued, showing excellent understanding and depth of knowledge of the topic, evidence of substantial supplementary reading, sound collection and use of original information, and much critical thought.