Utilization of non-timber forest products in community forest area : a case study in Houay Hok village, Kasy district, Vientiane province, LAO PDR

Name: Khamphouvieng Phouisombath

LCSH: Community forestry -- Lao

LCSH: Forest products industry -- Lao

Abstract: This research was conducted on the pattern of utilization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in a community forest area. It highlights traditional harvesting practices of NTFPs by the local community, examining whether these lead to sustainable use. The research also provides analysis of the economic value of these activities and how the products contribute to the economy of households. The study was carried out in Houay Hok Village, Kasy District, Vientiane Province, Lao PDR. The study revealed that forest resources have been a vital asset in everyday life and in the economic income of rural population. NTFPs play a key role in the livelihood of the local community for daily food, consumption, medicine and commercial sales. Sugar palm fruits, bamboo shoots, broom grass, rattan shoots, and berberin were considered by local people as the most important NTFPs from the forests because these products provide an average of 44 percent of the family cash income per year. Both wealthy and poor families collect NTFPs for sale. More than half of cash income derived from selling NTFPs is used by the villagers to buy rice and other daily family necessities such as additional food, medicine, and clothing. Income from these products also supports the school studies of their children. This research further revealed that the utilization pattern of NTFPs by the local community led to sustainable use because villagers had good collection practices and harvesting methods which did not damage the NTFPs. In addition, villagers also harvested NTFPs under existing community rules as well as government regulations. But despite the good NTFPs harvesting practices by the villagers which led to sustainable use, the research found that the number and volume of NTFPs has decreased compared to ten years ago. The decrease of NTFPs is mainly due to the general state of poverty among rural people, increased population growth, market pressures on NTFPs resources, legal and illegal timber logging, land clearing for agriculture such as shifting cultivation in the uplands, forest fires, and economic development which requires land for settlement

Mahidol University

Address: NAKHON PATHOM

Email: liwww@mahidol.ac.th

Name: Anuchat Poungsomlee

Role: Thesis Advisors

Created: 2007

Modified: 2553-06-22

Issued: 2010-06-08

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CallNumber: TH K45u 2007

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Spatial: Lao

DegreeName: Master of Science

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Natural Resource Management

Grantor: Mahidol University

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