Economic and Biological Conditions Influence the Sustainability of Harvest of Wild Animals and Plants in Developing Countries

Leão, Tarciso; Lobo, Diele; Scotson, Lorraine

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.04.030

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“…Previously conducted reviews have not approached NTFP processing in depth, but focused on the ecological implications of NTFP harvesting (e.g., [56][57][58][59][60][61]), the safety net function of NTFPs (e.g., [12,62]), or their role in nutrition security (e.g., [19,63]). Others have critically reflected on the question of whether forest conservation can occur through the commercialization of NTFPs [36,38,39,64,65].…”

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The Processing of Non-Timber Forest Products through Small and Medium Enterprises—A Review of Enabling and Constraining Factors

Meinhold

Darr

2019

Forests

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Research Highlights: This study reviews the available literature on processed non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in order to comprehensively identify relevant factors enabling or constraining their potential to contribute to rural development. Background and Objectives: NTFPs, such as wild foods, medicinal plants, and raw materials for handicrafts, make significant contributions to rural livelihoods. NTFPs can help fulfil households' subsistence and consumption needs, serve as a safety-net in times of crises, and provide cash income. In particular, the processing of NTFPs has often been suggested to positively influence sustainable economic development in rural areas. However, despite rising interest and recognition of the potential contributions of such industries as key sources of employment and their strategic role in overall growth strategies of developing countries, many NTFP processing enterprises remain in the informal sector and an in-depth understanding of the underlying factors is lacking. This review aims to identify enabling and constraining factors affecting NTFP processing enterprises. Materials and Methods: Using systematic review methodology, studies investigating commercialized, processed NTFPs and their economic impacts have been identified and the current evidence base with regard to NTFP processing and small and medium sized enterprise (SME) development synthesized. Results: Despite the diverse nature of NTFPs, a number of constraining and enabling factors affecting NTFP processing and commercialization were identified. The former includes aspects such as the lack of resource access (finances, skills, technologies, etc.), market information, and basic infrastructure; the latter, amongst others, the role of key entrepreneurs; and cooperation across the value chain, amongst producers, and among members of the institutional environment or an abundant resource base. Moving from small-scale NTFP commercialization in local markets to more mature NTFP value chains reaching export markets, the increasing role of cooperation and having a supportive institutional framework in place, becomes apparent. Conclusions: Overall, successful NTFP processing strongly depends on the socio-economic and environmental context in question, requiring a holistic approach tailored to the respective context and value chain.

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The Processing of Non-Timber Forest Products through Small and Medium Enterprises—A Review of Enabling and Constraining Factors

Meinhold

Darr

2019

Forests

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“…The concentration of wealth leaves an increasingly large proportion of the members of a community or society disadvantaged materially. This, in turn, leaves them both in greatest need of benefiting from further uses of Nature, and with the fewest options feasible for meeting their needs with sustainable choices (Leao et al, 2017). This is particularly the case if the paths to sustainability require greater costs or a slower rate of acquisition of benefits; neither of which is feasible for those in poverty.…”

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Equity – the Bottleneck and the Opportunity

Rice

2021

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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There is a widespread tendency for diverse uses of Nature, on scales from small and local to very large, to become unsustainable. Once unsustainable, bringing a use back to sustainability and keeping it sustainable then takes substantial effort and tools appropriate to the context of the use. This Perspective first asks why is the tendency for unsustainability so pervasive, when it is an outcome that no user group has adopted as an objective, and ways to keep uses sustainable are known. I argue and present evidence that the common factor underlying the pervasiveness of unsustainable uses of Nature is inequity in the distribution of the benefits created from those uses, with both the wealthy “winners” of the distributional inequities and those disadvantaged and in poverty driving uses toward increasing unsustainability in ways that depend on the nature of the inequities. Unless the inequity of distribution of benefits from uses of Nature is addressed as an issue in its own right, there are few or no pathways to medium or long-term sustainable use. However, if inequity is addressed broadly and effectively, many pathways are available and societies can select the pathways appropriate to their cultural and ecological contexts.

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“…i  g 𝜙 (2) (u(k)) is nonsingular, hence we can solve for X (2) and obtain a normal linear equation. This proves that system ( 16) is regular and impulse free.…”

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“…In present situations, mankind face a lot of problem due to the deterioration of natural resources and sinking of the environment conditions, which is mainly due to the fact that human needs have increased exponentially. Biological process models in [1,2] are designed to affect agro-ecological processes. Certain models as in [3][4][5] were quite sophisticated, but only a particular sub-component of an ecosystem are considered while modelling.…”

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Resilient fuzzy control design of singular stochastic biological economic fishery model

Ramya

Leelamani

2021

IET Control Theory & Appl

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This research paper focusses on designing a resilient fuzzy controller for a kind of singular stochastic biological economic fishery model with a variable economic profit. Initially, the singular stochastic biological economic fishery model is formulated as T‐S fuzzy singular systems. By using the ideas of continuous frequency distribution and Lyapunov approach, a fresh collection of linear matrix inequalities is developed which are sufficient to establish the asymptotic stability of the singular biological economic fishery model. Later these conditions are extended to obtain some novel sufficient finite‐time stability conditions for the addressed model. The ultimate objective of this research paper is to develop a more generalized version of the resilient controller against nonlinear actuator faults such that it makes the considered system stable within a finite interval of time. Moreover, the developed conditions are based on the solutions of LMIs which provides maximal estimation of region of attraction. Conclusively, simulation results are provided to embellish the usefulness of the obtained control design.

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Economic and Biological Conditions Influence the Sustainability of Harvest of Wild Animals and Plants in Developing Countries

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

The Processing of Non-Timber Forest Products through Small and Medium Enterprises—A Review of Enabling and Constraining Factors

The Processing of Non-Timber Forest Products through Small and Medium Enterprises—A Review of Enabling and Constraining Factors

Equity – the Bottleneck and the Opportunity

Resilient fuzzy control design of singular stochastic biological economic fishery model

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