The role of non-wood forest products in livelihood of forest dwellers (Case study: Kamyaran city, Kurdistan province)

Abstract

In order to determine the role of non-wood forest products in livelihood of people, all of the forest dweller community in Kamyaran city (3725 family) were selected. Then 320 scattered families were picked out randomly by Morgan table and questionnaires were filled out. Results showed that the main source of fodder are trees and ground flora of forest, so livestock is completely dependent on forest. The study of the various income sources of local people showed that about 3.8% of the people’s income obtained from non-wood forest products, from which most of them belongs to Pistachio gum.

Keywords

• non-wood forest products
• livelihood
• income sources
• utilization