Knowledge-Based Estimation of Edible Fern Harvesting Sites in Mountainous Communities of Northeastern Japan

Once local expert knowledge regarding the harvesting of various non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is lost, it is difficult to recover. We investigated whether the knowledge of expert forest harvesters can be used to determine the habitat distribution and harvesting sites of three popular edible wil...

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Main Authors: Toshiya Matsuura, Ken Sugimura, Asako Miyamoto, Nobuhiko Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-12-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
GIS
AHP
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/6/1/175