“…Forest resources continue to play an important role to rural communities in developing countries in terms of services, products, and incomes. They have demonstrated to economically dis-advantaged households that they can satisfy everyday necessities such as energy, shelter, medicine, cash incomes, and employment (Kaoma and Shackleton, 2015;Ofoegbu et al, 2017;Opperman et al, 2018;Xu et al, 2019;Leaver and Cherry, 2020;Dalu et al, 2021). Most of such common natural forest resources are referred to as Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs), including wild spinaches, fuelwood, charcoal, wooden utensils, grass fodder, thatching materials, medical plants, edible fruits, construction poles, bark, roots, tubers, leaves, flowers, seeds, resins, honey, and mushrooms (Gautam, 2009).…”