Abstract
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are a consolidated source of income and acquisition of inputs from forest environments. Therefore, the objective of this work was to carry out a collection of publications on NTFPs in Brazil, until 2019, available in the Scopus database, presenting a bibliometric review and the state of the art of this theme from the evaluation of these publications, discussing the challenges of Brazilian legislation on NTFPs. After screening the articles of interest, 196 documents were evaluated, in which they were observed institutions and authors, analyzing networks of citations and terms used, areas of forest sciences and sciences that encompass the most explored biomes and the most studied species. The results showed that the concern to research on NTFPs in Brazil began in the 1990s, with an increase in the number of publications over the years. Besides that, the research on NTFPs is multidisciplinary, with emphasis on the areas of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. For better regulation of the process of exploration and management of NTFPs in Brazil, the need to create specific legislation that takes into account factors such as the phytogeographic domain the explored area, producing species, and the products and co-products obtained was observed.
Highlights
The harvesting of wood in native forests has become a high impact activity in all ecosystems, representing a consolidated economic activity in the world forest sector, often leaving aside the scientific development that new products could bring
A review was made of the importance and challenges of legislation for the better exploitation of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Brazil
The conference publications are scientific works propound in scientific conferences that could be submitted as full manuscript as paper or review
Summary
The harvesting of wood in native forests has become a high impact activity in all ecosystems, representing a consolidated economic activity in the world forest sector, often leaving aside the scientific development that new products could bring. The use of the ecological and socioeconomic potential of the forest constitutes an important strategy for the application of efficient management systems for these resources, aiming at the best form of use, culminating in sustainable development [1] In this sense, biodiversity is the main responsible for the generation of new products and co-products. A recent FAO analysis on such problematic suggests that it is unlikely that a single universal term and definition would be coined and globally accepted due to “cultural and contextual differences regarding how these products are perceived in different countries/regions and by different entities” [2] This fact could lead to inconsistencies in data collection, processing, and analysis, which have a direct impact on the development of specific regulations and policies
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