Documentation of Non-Timber Forest Products of Haveri District, Karnataka
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i4/170608Keywords:
Utilization, NTFP, Forest resource, Haveri District. Karnataka.Abstract
The present work is an inventory of non-timber forest products in Haveri District, it resulted in a total of 64 species and 56 genera, belonging to 32 families were recorded yielding 67 non-timber forest-yielding products of 8 different categories namely, Food, fodder, cosmetics, dye-yielding, handicrafts, construction materials, exudates, biodiesel and green manure yielding plants. Fabaceae is a most dominant family with the highest number of 11 species. Habit-wise analysis shown that tree species are dominant with 35 species, followed by herbs (16), shrubs (10) and climbers (3). Proper collection, processing and marketing of NTFPs provides self-employment to the people livelihoods. Conservation and management plans for sustainable utilization of these products is recommended to overcome the threat of habitat loss by anthropogenic activities.
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