Question

Regarding Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP), which of the following statements is true?

1. NWFP primarily contribute to the economic development of urban populations.
2. NWFP play an important role in the social, cultural, and traditional life of millions of forest dwellers.
3. Only tribal communities rely on NWFP for their sustenance.

• A. None of these
• B. All
• C. ii only
• D. i only

Answer 1

Answer:

C. ii only

Forest as a source of non-timber forest products

• Non-wood forest products (NWFP), play an important role in the social, cultural and the traditional life of millions of forest dwellers particularly the tribal, landless and rural poor.

• The major NWFP include gums, resins, beedi leaf, medicinal plants, rhizomes, tubers, bamboos and grasses.

• Forests provide wide range of food for the dwellers and the local tribes and contribute towards their food security.