| What are NWFP?
The term "non-wood forest products" (NWFP) and the similar terms: "minor-", "secondary-", and "non-timber-" forest products, have emerged as umbrella expressions for the vast array of both animal and plant products other than wood (or timber in the case of "non-timber-") derived from forests or forest tree species. NWFP may be gathered from the wild, produced as (semi-) domesticated plants in plantations or in agroforestry schemes, or produced in intermediate production systems of varying degrees of domestication. Their wild or semi-domesticated status distinguishes them from well-established agricultural crops such as oilpalm, cocoa, coconut, rubber or coffee.
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