This module contains eleven lesson plans and five homework assignments that provide an introduction to ecological considerations relevant to nontimber forest products.  This includes a focus on using inventory and monitoring data to determine sustainable harvest levels, determining best practices and certification systems for nontimber forest products.  The remaining lesson plans focus on the current and potential role of nontimber forest products in agroforestry systems, restoration efforts, and fire adapted systems.

Introduction: Ecological Considerations
      Handout: Harvester Quotes to accompany the PowerPoint Presentation
      Homework: Field Observations

What is Sustainable?
      Homework Handout: NTFPs on Threatened and Endangered Species List

  Biological Inventory and Monitoring – Part I: Some Basics
      Handout 1:  Sampling Designs, Plot Configuration & Enumeration Methods
      Handout 2:  Plant Cover Estimation Worksheet

  Biological Inventory and Monitoring–Part II: Participatory Approaches
      Handout 1: Participation Continuum Worksheet
      Homework Handout:  I & M Advisory Council

Biological Inventory and Monitoring – Part III: In the Field
      Handout 1:  I & M in the Field
      Handout 2:  Understory Plant Data

Medicinal Plant Wildcrafting Ethics
      Reading Handout:  Herbal Guidelines from an Ecological Herbalist
      Handout:  Some Harvester Perspectives

Certification of NTFPs
      Handout: Debate Procedures and Policies
      Homework Handout: NTFP Certification

Agroforestry Options with NTFPs
      Handout: Agroforestry Review Questions
      Homework Handout: Exploring Agroforestry Economics

NTFPs and Fire Ecology

Tragedy of the Commons Revisited

Measuring your Bioregional Knowledge
      Handout: Bioregional Quiz