Sustainable Development and Special Forest Products

Last year, MRI completed a unique rural development project for the USDA Forest Service on income opportunities in special forest products. This study of microenterprise opportunities in nontraditional forest products resulted in a 16-chapter notebook publication entitled Seeing the Forest Instead of the Trees.This research was the first opportunity I had been given to consider the management and conservation of a key natural resource asset as well as its potential income value for rural residents. This dual pathway-resource protection and conservation in conjunction with resource utilization-is a key concept in the sustainable development movement. The paper that follows seeks to place special forest product microenterprises within the context of emerging sustainable development strategies.

Author(s):

Thomas, Margaret

Published:

1993/09/19

Categories:

  • Conservation Education

Pub ID:

(For Internal Use)
13

Box ID:

(For Internal Use)
4