Table of Contents: Generating income and conserving resources :

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clay, Jason W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : World Wildlife Fund, c1996.
Subjects:	Natural resources > Developing countries > Management > Case studies. Sustainable development > Developing countries > Case studies. Rural development projects > Developing countries > Case studies. Case studies.
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Table of Contents:

1.
View land and resource rights as essential to both income generation and conservation
2.
Undertake a community resource inventory
3.
Start with products that are already being produced and that have markets
4.
Capture the value that is added as the product travels through the market system
5.
Improve the harvesting techniques of existing products
6.
Reduce post-harvest losses
7.
Increase the competitiveness of a community's existing products in the market
8.
Keep the strategy simple
9.
Diversify production and reduce dependence on a single product
10.
Diversify markets for raw and processed forest products
11.
Add value locally
12.
Identify and use appropriate production and processing technology
13.
Use your business to buy manufactured products in bulk for the community.