SFMN Case Studies
The mission of the Sustainable Forest Management Network grant
"Commercial Development of NTFPs and Forest Bio-Products: Critical Factors for Success,"
is to develop and apply methods for analyzing the factors that influence successful commercial development of NTFPs and bio-products by Aboriginal and other rural communities in Canada and the social costs and benefits of commercial development.
The results of this study will lead to policy evaluation and recommendation in an attempt to more effectively diversify and develop rural and Aboriginal communities, and mitigate the negative impacts of commercialization on subsistence, traditional and recreational values of non-timber forest products.
Case Studies
- Bigleaf Maple Sap
- Commercial Development Bigleaf Maple Sap Harvest on Vancouver Island
- Canada Yew
- Commercial Development of Non-Timber Forest Resources: A Case Study of Canada Yew in Northern Ontario
- Chanterelle Mushrooms
- Chanterelle Mushrooms on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Huckleberry
- TBD
- Morel Mushrooms
- Commercial Development Morels in the East Kootenay, British Columbia
- Pine Mushrooms
- TBD
- Salal
- TBD
- Seneca Snakeroot
- Commercial Development of Non-Timber Forest Resources: A Case Study of Seneca Snakeroot in Northern Manitoba
- Sugar Maple Syrup
- Commercial Development of Non-Timber Forest Resources: A Case Study of Maple Syrup in Ontario
- Sweetgrass
- TBD
- Wild Blueberry
- A Case Study of Wild Blueberry in Eastern Canada