Environmental products: a definition, a typology, and a goodbye to non-timber forest products
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Environmental products : a definition, a typology, and a goodbye to non-timber forest products. / Smith-Hall, C.; Chamberlain, J.
In: International Forestry Review, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2023, p. 491-502.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental products
T2 - a definition, a typology, and a goodbye to non-timber forest products
AU - Smith-Hall, C.
AU - Chamberlain, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Commonwealth Forestry Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The material relationships between nature and people are complex and rich, ranging from support to current consumption to safety nets and poverty reduction. The term 'non-timber forest products' (in many different guises) has been used for decades in attempts to group a wide range of products, such as barks, bulbs, caterpillars, leaves, and fruits, without consensus on the definition. Here we argue that a different approach to product classification would be beneficial. We propose the term 'environmental products' defined simply and eloquently as "tangible biotic and abiotic goods gathered from any biome or created through synthetic production". We propose a typology with six dimensions: product type, mode of production, purpose of production, scale of production, resource tenure, and biome of origination. The typology allows for consistent and transparent delimitation of environmental products useful to actors with varying objectives. We apply the typology to two cases, illustrating that the older terminology is no longer needed.
AB - The material relationships between nature and people are complex and rich, ranging from support to current consumption to safety nets and poverty reduction. The term 'non-timber forest products' (in many different guises) has been used for decades in attempts to group a wide range of products, such as barks, bulbs, caterpillars, leaves, and fruits, without consensus on the definition. Here we argue that a different approach to product classification would be beneficial. We propose the term 'environmental products' defined simply and eloquently as "tangible biotic and abiotic goods gathered from any biome or created through synthetic production". We propose a typology with six dimensions: product type, mode of production, purpose of production, scale of production, resource tenure, and biome of origination. The typology allows for consistent and transparent delimitation of environmental products useful to actors with varying objectives. We apply the typology to two cases, illustrating that the older terminology is no longer needed.
KW - classification
KW - definitions
KW - non-wood forest products
KW - taxonomy
KW - terminology
U2 - 10.1505/146554823838028247
DO - 10.1505/146554823838028247
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85182917414
VL - 25
SP - 491
EP - 502
JO - International Forestry Review
JF - International Forestry Review
SN - 1465-5489
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 391116139