Abstract
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) are plant products other than wood and firewood originating from natural or managed vegetation types. Rumohra adiantiformis (G. Forst.) Ching is one of these NTFP, a fern commercialized all around the world. The extractive activity of the species was characterized in the region of the Acarai State Park, at Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil. The extraction of the fern for commercial purposes generates income and helps in securing the livelihoods of families in the Acarai region. The fern is harvested year round by a small number of extractivists in areas within and surrounding the Acarai State Park. The harvesting activity in the region is dynamic, shaped by factors such as the low amount paid to the harvesters, as well as the relationships between extractivists, and other complementary activities that generate income. The local knowledge about the species and its harvesting was registered. Participatory mapping supplemented the information gathered in the interviews, creating a spatial perspective of this NTFP harvesting. There is a potential to promote actions for sustainability of the fern harvesting, including the conservation goal.
Highlights
The definition of Non-‐Timber Forest Products (NTFP) is not consensual, but we can consider Non-‐timber forest products (NTFP) as plant products other than wood and firewood originated from natural or managed vegetation types that can provide services such as watershed, carbon sequestration, tourism and other forest services and benefits1,2 Mel Simionato Marques is a Biologist and M.Sc. in PlantBiology graduated at UFSC
The study area is located on the north coast of the state of Santa Catarina, in the municipality of São Francisco do Sul (26° 4'36"S, 48° 38'17" W)
The area comprises a protected area called Acaraí State Park, which was established in the eastern portion of the island of São Francisco with an area of 6638.00 hectares (SANTA CATARINA, 2005) (Figure 1)
Summary
She focused her research in Ethnobotany, knowledge and use of plant resources. Economic and social aspects of the extraction of different NTFP worldwide, approaching and sometimes questioning the sustainability of this extractive activity (SHAANKER et al, 2004; FERNANDEZ et al, 2012; JALILOVA et al, 2012; SAHA and SUNDRIYAL, 2012; BRUKAS et al, 2013; ZENTENO et al, 2013). Among NTFPs we can mention edible fruits (SCHROTH et al., 2004), medicinal resources such as oleoresin (NEWTON et al, 2012), building materials such as palm leaves (SVENNING and MACÍA, 2002). In Brazilian Atlantic coastal areas the main extracted NTFPs are ornamental plants such as the leatherleaf fern Rumohra adiantiformis
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