Space outside the market: Implications of NTFP certification for subsistence use (US)

Tapping the Green Market: Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 302-312

  Emery, Marla R ^a  

^a Northeastern Research Station   (United States)

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1. The author wishes to thank the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Northern Global Change Programme for support of the research on which this case study is based.
2. Gifts have important survival benefits because they help to create and maintain social networks that may be called upon in times of need.
3. Native American gatherers trying to observe traditional practices were the only individuals who reported using birch bark for medicinal purposes. Their norms expressly prohibit the sale of medicines. Thus, their livelihood uses were intentionally confined to personal consumption and gift-giving.
4. Fictitious names are used to protect the identity of gatherers.
5. However, it is unlikely that this norm, or any norm, is observed at all times by all people