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MARKETING RESOURCES


SHARE YOUR MATERIALS.   Please help us build a page of quality marketing resources specific to commercial NTFP development.  Please upload files to the NTFP Market Resources Forum.  The forum is monitored and selected materials be copies to this webpage.  If you need help feel free to contact us. Examples of the types of management resources we could use:


  Needed: Market analyses
  Needed: Examples of successful approaches
  Please make suggestions...

 

   PUBLICATIONS, BROCHURES, & OTHER POTENTIALLY USEFUL DOCUMENTS   

1) SEARCHABLE ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES.  The Centre for Non-Timber Resources at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia maintains searchable online databases with thousands of scholarly and gray literature records.

2) DOWNLOADABLE DIGITAL FILES  (see table below)  All of the files listed below are uncopyrighted, in the public domain, or we have secured permission to make the files available for free download.  Download the file to your computer before opening (which happens if you left click on the link with your mouse) by right clicking on the download link and saving (read your browsers help files to learn what the command is called).  The files are are roughly ordered by product type.  A list of all the downloadable publications is located on the Management Resources webpage, including many that only partially address markets.  The publications listed below are primarily focused on marketing or market resources.

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DOCUMENT TITLE DATE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DOWNLOAD
Collection to Commerce: Western North Carolina Non-Timber Forest Products and Their Markets 2003 Multiple NTFPs Detailed overview of commercially important NTFPs and markets, focus is on North Carolina but relevent to other regions. 1.5mb PDF
Analysis of the Economic Viability of Cultivating Selected Botanicals in North Carolina 2003 Multiple NTFPs Detailed market analysis of commercially important NTFPs in North Carolina. 3.5mb PDF
Marketing Special Forest Products in New York State A practical manual for forest-based enterprises 2005 Multiple NTFPs Excellent guide describing commercial NTFP products and markets for for supplemental income. 6.5mb PDF
Developing Redcedar Essential Oil Market in Minnesota: Economic Opportunity for Rural Development? 2008 Cedar Oil Overview of market and production of essential oil from red cedar. 100kb PDF