Interaction between Rural People’s Basic Needs and Forest Products: A Case Study of the Katha District of Myanmar
Table 1
Diversity in the collected forest products and their contribution to household’s daily basic needs.
Number
Forest products
Number of households engaged in forest product collection (n = 207)
Average annual quantity of collected forest products per household
Direct contribution to daily basic needs
Unit
Unit/year/household
Timber
198 (96%)
m3
—
Building materials, energy
Fuel-wood
185 (89%)
m3
3.4 (±0.1)
Energy
Fodder
185 (89%)
Grass bundle
—
Livestock feed
Bamboo
170 (82%)
Culm
18.1 (±1.4)
Building materials, income
Bamboo shoots
146 (71%)
kg
7.8 (±0.3)
Food, income
Mushrooms
129 (62%)
kg
2.3 (±0.1)
Food, income
Small wood
105 (51%)
m3
—
Tools, building materials
Food
85 (41%)
kg
3.9 (±0.2)
Food
Medicinal plants
70 (34%)
kg
1.3 (±0.1)
Medicine, income
Thatch
68 (33%)
Panel
91.0 (±19.1)
Building materials
Bush meat
63 (30%)
kg
2.4 (±0.2)
Food, income
Honey
41 (20%)
Liter
0.7 (±0.4)
Medicine, food, income
Orchids
28 (14%)
kg
1.1 (±0.3)
medicine, income
Subsistence products; cash generation products; food (vegetables) = edible leaves and flowers from trees, shrubs, flowers, and seasonal fruits; 1 culm = 1 stem of bamboo from the clump; 1 panel = 1 thatch panel is 1.2 m in length and 0.7 m in height. It is woven from dried thetke grass; (±) shows standard error.
