Current Challenges and Prospects of Indonesian Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs): A Review

Gunawan Pasaribu,Maman Turjaman,Agus Sukito,Grace Serepina Saragih,Agustinus Panusunan Tampubolon,Ganis Lukmandaru,Cut Rizlani Kholibrina,Ina Winarni,Alfonsus Hasudungan Harianja,Harlinda Kuspradini,Rizki Maharani,Gerson Ndawa Njurumana,Raden Esa Pangersa Gusti,Aswandi Aswandi,Andrian Fernandes

doi:10.3390/f12121743

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Journal: Forests	Publication Date: Dec 10, 2021
Citations: 13	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Universitas Gadjah Mada, Mulawarman University

Abstract

Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) management can lead to various benefits for community livelihood and forest sustainability. However, such management has not been carried out optimally and sustainably in Indonesia, due to various limiting factors including ineffective policies, undeveloped cultivation technologies, and inadequate innovation in processing technologies. Further, the diversity of NTFPs species requires that policy-makers determine the priority species to be developed. Agarwood (Aquilaria spp. and Gyrinops spp.), benzoin (Styrax spp.), sandalwood (Santalum album L.), and cajuput (Melaleuca cajuputi Powell) are aromatic NTFPs species in Indonesia that forest-dwellers have utilized across generations. This paper reviews the current governance, cultivation systems, processing and valuation, and benefits and uses of these species. We also highlights the future challenges and prospects of these NTFPs species, which are expected to be useful in designing NTFPs governance, in order to maximize the associated benefits for the farmers and all related stakeholders.

Highlights

This study aims to describe the current state of the four abovementioned Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in Indonesia, including the governance, cultivation system, harvesting and processing, benefit and utilization, value chain, and product diversification, through the use of semi-systematic review
The governance of NTFPs is often considered to be embedded in forestry governance in general
Increasing international demand for NTFPs products has led to over-exploitation of the NTFPs, especially natural agarwood and sandalwood

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The export value of Indonesia’s timber forest products reached USD 11.6 billion in 2019. The export value of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) was not reported [1], some of the 150 globally traded NTFPs commodities [2] potentially originated from Indonesia. This condition is not in line with the area of Indonesia’s forests and the variety of NTFPs. There are 496 plant species listed as NTFPs resources utilized in Indonesia [3], but only a few contribute to the country’s foreign exchange.

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