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Title: Gatherers, practices, and livelihodd roles of non-timber forest products

Author: Emery, Marla R.

Date: 2001

Source: Non-timber forest products, fact sheet no. 6. Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, VA. 5 p.

Station ID: OTHER-NE-6

Description: Gathering plant material for food, medicine, and utilitarian items was the original relationship between human beings and forests. Even today, people throughout the world turn to forests and associated open lands to feed and heal themselves and find materials for things such as baskets and brooms.

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Emery, Marla R.  2001.  Gatherers, practices, and livelihodd roles of non-timber forest products.   Non-timber forest products, fact sheet no. 6. Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, VA. 5 p. .