Author Peters, C.M.

Year of publication 1996

This report summarizes the current state of knowledge on the ecology of non-timber resources such as fruit, nuts, oil seeds, latexes, resins, gums, spices, and medicinal plants and outlines a series of management recommendations for their sustainable harvest. The discussion is divided into four parts. Brief summaries are included at the end of each chapter and boxes are used to present supplementary material and to give examples of certain statistical procedures.