P&M Technologies - THE CANADIAN NTFP BUSINESS COMPANION

— The Canadian NTFP Business Companion —

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are the foods, medicines, arts & crafts, landscape plants, natural chemicals, environmental goods, and specialty biofuels that can be derived from forest plants. Unlike the conventional mainstays of the forest industry – namely timber and pulp – NTFPs can come from any part of a tree or forest plant. They offer excellent commercial opportunities for small enterprises. The Canadian NTFP Business Companion provides business ideas, resources, and advice about entering this exciting field.

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"Developed in a responsible and sustainable manner, NTFPs and their related services can create and enhance livelihoods. Together with a strong, well-managed timber products sector, they can help to propel Canada's forestry industry to its fullest potential."
– Dr. Gina Mohammed

Some NTFPs are already commercially well-established and familiar to Canadians – for example, maple syrup, wild berries, and Christmas trees. But these are only a few of the myriad possibilities.

Non-Timber Means Business!

Canada's immense forests contain over 1,700 species of plants – in woodlands and clearings and on recovering logged or burned forest sites. These trees, shrubs, groundcovers, mushrooms, wildflowers, and wetland plants are potential sources for thousands of commercial NTFPs.

The non-timber forest sector is still an emerging one in Canada. Services related to NTFPs are an emerging area too — they include mobile processing services, materials extraction, quality testing, specialty cultivation, research, co-packing, ecotourism, education, and marketing.

The non-timber industry is a versatile one, having the potential to be a highly creative and sustainable foundation for Canada's future forest economy. NTFP businesses can be well-integrated into local communities, affording opportunities for networks of small businesses supplying materials and services to one another.

Ideas, Techniques and Resources for Small Businesses
in Non-Timber Forest Products & Services

This publication is the first of its kind for Canada, both in its breadth and its practical relevance to the entrepreneur. Although the focus here is on Canada (notably the portions on legislation and suppliers), the technical and practical information is broadly applicable to most temperate and boreal regions outside Canada which share many common or similar plant species. This includes the northern US border states and Alaska, and areas outside North America.

Opportunities exist across Canada to develop and market distinctive botanical products from forest plants.

Interest in non-timber business prospects is high among woodlot owners, hobby farmers, forest communities, commercial artisans, and even urban entrepreneurs. Others have an interest in seeing the sector developed — community economic developers, educators, financiers, researchers, and traditional forest companies enhancing community partnerships. All can benefit from this NTFP business guide.

The Companion can be read by any personal computer with a current PDF reader (such as Adobe^® Reader, available as a free download from www.adobe.com). You can print off any of its pages or chapters in hard copy.

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"The Canadian NTFP Business Companion: Ideas, Techniques and Resources for Small Businesses in Non-Timber Forest Products & Services" – by Gina Mohammed, PhD.

Candlenut Books, 2011. 867 Pages.

ISBN: 978-0-9731097-2-6 (CD-ROM)
ISBN: 978-0-9731097-3-3 (USB Flash Drive)

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UN International Year of Forests - 2011

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests to raise
awareness of sustainable management, conservation, and sustainable development of all types of forests.
The Canadian NTFP Business Companion is part of our on-going contribution to this endeavour.