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peoples. All research promotes forest products as valuable commodities and tools that can promote the conservation of forests.

NTFPs are of value to local people and communities, but have been overlooked in the wake of forest management priorities (for example, timber production and animal forage). For example, some 2.4 billion people - in both urban and rural settings - use wood-based energy for cooking.

In recent decades, interest has grown in using NTFPs as alternatives or supplements to forest management practices. In some

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