Selected non-timber forest products (NTFPS) commodity for future green economy-based products development in Papua Province

Abstract

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) play significant roles in the daily livelihood of the forest communities’ dependence, local forest management practices, and forest resource sustainability in Papua Province. This research is designed to identify, characterize, and examine the roles of the NTFPs to local communities in Papua Province to be nominated and developed as green economy-based commodities in Papua. Document analysis, literature review, and an interview with the selected respondents are conducted to collect the data. The 7th Forest Management Units (FMU) and the 4th Forestry and Environment Branch across Papua Province will be selected as targeted research areas. The results indicated that the 21 NTFPs-based commodities were identified, and could be developed and promoted as green economy-based products. There are ranging from essential oils, agarwood, noken, mangrove derivate products, honey, coffee, masohi’s bark, sago, ginger-based products, ecotourism, palm peanuts, cocoa, fish-based products, seaweed, and others. Each FMU has candidature products commodities to be developed as green economy products, and the future development program is highly needed to be formulated.