[IUFRO Div 6] eye-opening NWFPs / NTFPs value in Europe

Dear IUFRO colleagues, Please find attached and under the below link an eye-opening new article on “Non-wood forest products in Europe – A quantitative overview”, estimating the annual NWFPs value in Europe – excluding hunting and game - to amount to 71% of the roundwood production! Mushrooms, berries and other non-wood forest products are widely collected across Europe. However, there is no data that provides overview of that activity on international level. We remedy this shortcoming with a survey conducted in 28 countries. Results show that 26% of European households collect them, that value of NWFPs collected each year amounts to 71% of the value of annual roundwood production, and that they produce value of 20.5 € per hectare of forest and other wooded land per year. Article can be accessed through this link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ayW04y2D1W71k Best regards Lukas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PD Lukas Giessen, PhD - Principal Scientist “Forest Governance” European Forest Institute (EFI), Bonn Office - Adjunct Professor, IPB Indonesia - Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and Economics (Elsevier): http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/ Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=voULQt4AAAAJ&view_op… ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukas_Giessen