Abstract

Forests provide a diversity of non-wood forest products as a resource base for regional and rural development. The role of non-wood forest products differs in time and space. The aim of the study was to analyze the role of non-wood forest products in livelihoods, especially forest-dependent communities, in Ukraine and Sweden. 114 interviews with local stakeholders in two countries were done for this study. The results showed that (1) non-wood forest products have potential for economic rural development, (2) traditional practices of non-wood forest products utilization were retained and revived in Ukraine, (3) and were no longer economically but rather socially important for local people in Sweden. Non-wood forest products have great potential for sustainable rural development, as resources for economic development.

Keywords

sustainable forest management; sustainable rural development; sustainable livelihoods; Ukraine; Sweden

Published in

Bosque
2012, Volume: 33, number: 3, pages: 329-332
Publisher: UNIV AUSTRAL CHILE, FAC CIENCIAS FORESTALES

SLU Authors

• Stryamets, Natalya

  • School for Forest Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns


UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences
Ecology


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-92002012000300017

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/44824