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Financial valuation of non-timber forest product flows in Uttara Kannada district, Western Ghats, Karnataka
Article (PDF Available) in Current science 88(10) · May 2005 with 325 Reads
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Indu K Murthy
22.09Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy
Prabhakar Bhat
13.85Indian Institute of Science
N. H. Ravindranath
Raman Sukumar
41.59Indian Institute of Science
Abstract
A study was undertaken to evaluate the flow of non - timber forest products (NTFPs) in Uttara Kannada district, Western Ghats. NTFPs are being collected in different forest zones of the district. The div ersity, however, varies with availability and local knowledge, with communities gathering about 50% of the species available in the evergreen zone to about 40% in the semi evergreen and dry deciduous zones and only 13% in the moist deciduous zone. Significant quantities of NTFPs are gathered in all the four zones and the est i- mated value of NTFPs realized per household varies between Rs 3445/household in the evergreen zone and Rs 1233/household in the dry deciduous zone. Similarly, the financial value realized per hectare also varies across the four forest zones studied and it ranged from Rs 634 in the dry deciduous zone to Rs 1801 in the evergreen zone, with a mean of Rs 1159/ha/yr. NON-timber forest products (NTFPs) are an integral part of development and survival of people living in and around forests and depending on them. The potential economic value of NTFPs either in terms of utilization or their market value is often underestimated or unknown 1