Nontimber Forest Product Curriculum Workbook

By: Katherine Lynch

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The workbook is an interdisciplinary set of instructional materials including over 100 lesson plans and handouts covering the ecological, cultural, political, and economic importance of NTFPs. The geographic focus of the workbook is the United States, but the exercises can be adapted to scale-up to the international arena, or to scale-down to focus on species and issues of regional or local importance. The workbook consists of seven modules each including detailed lessons plans, activities, evaluation tools, and ready-to-use teaching aids, such as PowerPoint presentations and handouts. Each module has a specific disciplinary orientation (history, culture, economics, ecology, policy) to facilitate easy adoption within those different disciplines. The curriculum encourages critical thinking about NTFP issues and their relationship to overall forest health, sustainability and biodiversity conservation.

Delivery Tools: Publication, Teaching Curriculum, Workbook

Target Audience: Natural Resources Management Professionals, Rural or Forest Landowners, Farmers/Producers

Education Types: Formal

Topics: Forest Management, Agriculture

Keywords: Forest Products, Forests, critical thinking

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