Abstract
The fundamental issue in this study is to confirm whether or not the extraction of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) will encourage additional pro-conservation behavior from local people. This study clarifies three research questions as follows: what is the current activity of forest conservation in Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary?; does the extraction of NTFPs create incentives for forest conservation?; and how much value do NTFPs have for incentives for forest conservation activities? Fieldworks were conducted in September 2015, March and April 2016, March 2017 in Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary: participatory rural appraisals, key informant interviews, and structured questionnaire interviews with 288 households were randomly selected. Though this study confirmed that extraction of NTFPs is generally seen as the most positive influenced factors for local people’s participation towards forest conservation. Additionally, this study found that the annual value of NTFPs as incentives for forest conservation was around US$0.95/ha or US$95/km2 in Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia.
Highlights
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are the primary resources from forests in developing countries [1,2,3]
It has been increasingly debated that extraction of NTFPs is generally seen as a factor that motivates local people to participate in forest conservation activities [2,26,32,33]
This study found that, among seven forest conservation activities, extraction of NTFPs creates incentives to at least four of them as follows
Summary
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are the primary resources from forests in developing countries [1,2,3]. Extraction of non-timber forest products for both subsistence and trade remains common and widespread today because it is highly significant to the rural and national economies in provision of food, material, construction, energy, cash income, employment, and other benefits [4,5,6]. Tens of thousands of non-timber forest products around the world support local livelihoods and economies [7]. Over 150 non-timber forest products have been traded internationally [8]. With some 1.4–1.6 billion people worldwide having been estimated to make use at least some non-timber forest products [6]. A study found that the value of NTFPs was 10 times greater than that of timber logged and two times higher than that of land use conversion in the Amazonian rainforest [9]
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