THE CURRENT SITUATION AND SOME SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOP NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFPS) RESOURCES IN THE BUFFER ZONE IN KE GO NATURE RESERVE, HA TINH PROVINCE

Abstract

How do the mountainous people live in harmony with the forest? Today, developing plants for non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is one of  the possible solutions to this problem, which is a diverse resource of species having great value. The sustainability of ecosystem and economic value will be ensured if people use them reasonably. In this paper,  82 plants for non-timber forest products of 3 phylum, 35 groups, 58 genus have been identified and classified into 4 groups which are different in use. This paper proposes some solutions for managing and using the plant resources for non-timber forest products sustainably.