The bioeconomy and non-timber forest products

Introduction 1. Why focus on non-timber forest products in the bioeconomy? Part 1: Where are we - the starting point 2. Non-timber forest products and the European bioeconomy: status and transition pathways 3. Non-timber forest products in Canada: their role in bioeconomy 4. Commercial fungi, indigenous communities, and the bioeconomy transition in Southwest China 5. The potential for using non-timber forest products to develop the Brazilian bioeconomy 6. Informal markets, marginal populations, and the bioeconomy - the success story of acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) in the Guiana Shield 7. Lessons for the forest-based bioeconomy from non-timber forest products in Mexico 8. Non-timber forest products and bioeconomy transitioning in Cameroon: potentials and challenges Part 2: How do we move on - specific examples 9. An operational transition pathway to a forest-based bioeconomy: lessons from the wild-simulated ginseng industry 10. The potential of non-timber forest products to contribute to the bioeconomy transition: the example of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Malawi 11. A framework supporting the transition to a forest-based bioeconomy and its application to Nepal 12. A national-level approach to integrating non-timber forest products and the bioeconomy: the example of Argentina Part 3: Helpful tools and technologies - tricks of the trade 13. Forest management for sustainable sourcing of non-timber forest products in a bioeconomy 14. Mediterranean stone pine production systems and the emerging bioeconomy in Chile 15. Participatory GIS applications for wild berry utilisation and the Finnish bioeconomy Conclusion 16. The keys to unlocking the bioeconomy with non-timber forest products