2. It is also called as alternative and secondary forest
Products are useful substances, materials
and/or commodities obtained from forests which do
not require harvesting (logging) trees
Non Wood Forest Products play a key role in the life
and economy of communities living in and around
forests.
“Goods of biological origin other than wood
derived from forests, other wooded land and
trees outside forests”
- FAO
3. NTFPs of plant origin
Edible plant products
Medicinal plants
Aromatic plants
Gums and resin exuding plants
Dyes and colour-yielding plants
Fiber and floss-yielding plants
Jam-yielding plants
Bamboos and Canes
Fodder and forage
Fuelwood
Charcoal briquettes
Leaves for plates
Grasses
TBOs
Beedi Leaves
Tannin
Katha and Cutch
They include
Animals products
nuts
seeds
berries
mushrooms
oils
foliage
pollarding
medicinal plants
peat
fuelwood
fish
spices
Forage
Minerals
Drugs
Honey
Silk
Fuelwood
4. Ancient Egyptians - imported gum arabic from
Sudan.
Trade sandalwood oil - 12th century
Export of an essential oil – Phillippines in 1864
Brazil nuts trade by Dutch traders during 18th
century
In India, Systematic management of NTFPs began in
1958
Around 40% of all the NTFP's are accounted into
revenue generation
The remaining large fraction is consumed by local
people for their livelihood
5. Contribute to the National income.
Promoting the socio-economic development of rural areas.
Providing the employment opportunities to tribal people.
Gives more important to the women.
Vital role in ecological development/Biodiversity conservation.
Promotes sustainable forest management.
Protection of forest resources by participatory actions of NTFP
based tribals.
Tremendous potential to create large scale employment
opportunity thereby helping in reducing poverty and increasing
empowerment of particularly tribal and poor people of the
poorest and backward districts of the country.
6. Some NTFPs have cultural value and ritual items
Provide income to the government.
The utilization and monetary value of NTFPs are
significantly greater than timber production
Potential to reduce seasonal and long-term
malnutrition and food insecurity of indigenous local
communities
7. In India, approximately 275 million poor rural
people inhabiting in harsh climatic conditions
depend on NTFP’s for their survival and cash
livelihoods.
Women are the main gatherers & earners from
NTFPs
More open international markets
Increasing awareness of biodiversity
conservation and sustainable and protective use
of forest resources.
8. Multi use forest management to generate
rural income and that in many cases NTFP
yield more income over time than timber
species from the same resource.
The European Union countries, the United
state, and Japan import 60% of the NTFPs
traded on the world market.
China is the dominant exporter of NTFPs
along with India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand and Brazil.
The FAO estimates that 80% of the
population of the developing world uses
NTFPs for health and nutritional needs.
9. It provides 50% of income for 20-30% of rural
people .
It provides 40% total forest revenues and 55%
forest based employment .
NTFP – Rs. 234 to Rs. 5569/ha/year with a
mean of Rs. 2299
250 million tones of grass and green fodder/year
10. NTFP in India are derived from over 3000
species.
325 species in NTFP are very common
879 species are used locally
1343 species can be described as others lesser
known .
Total revenue from NTFP
to the forest dept.
60%
11. Twelve important NWFPs of Gujarat which
revealed that 21519.141 quintals of NWFPs were
collected having economic worth of Rs. 386.852
lakhs.
It was also observed that Timru (Zanthoxylum
armatum) leaves production was maximum but
economically Mahua flowers alone contributed in
getting higher returns.
12. The country has exported 74,413.05 MT of Natural
Honey to the world for the worth of Rs. 1,221.17
Crore/ 163.73 USD Millions during the year 2021-22.
Beedi leaf
Around 371,000 tons of bidi leaves of more than
Rs. 937 Crore are produced annually in India,
14. India is among the leading producers of gums and
resins, harvesting about 2.80 lakh tons of these
valuable natural products.
Of these, about 80 per cent are gums, 19 per cent are
resins and a small fraction is of gum-resins
15. The important role of NTFPs in rural livelihoods
recognize the significant opportunities for
achieving both conservation and poverty
reduction objectives by supporting the
sustainable development of NTFPs.
Develop and support integrated efforts to
achieve food security, increase cash income
and conserve forests through NTFP related
interventions .
