Diversity in the socio-economic role of the main non-wood forest products for the inhabitants of small villages and large towns in Poland

Autorzy

• Anna Barszcz Agricultural University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest and Wood Utilization
  Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland
  phone: +48 012 662 50 85, fax: +48 12 633 62 45
  e-mail: rlbarszcz@cyf-kr.edu.pl
• Alicja Suder Agricultural University, Facoulty of Forestry, Department of Forest and Wood Utilization
  Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Cracow, Poland

Abstract

The NWFPs (non-wood forest products) sector is of the crucial importance to the Polish households but its social and economic role is varied and depends on place of residence. For the inhabitants of villages and small towns forests are the place of working and NWFPs sale provides an additional financial resource. City-dwellers do not treat NWFPs as a source of income but rather as an element of recreation and they use these products mainly for their own needs. Some remarks for the developing of this sector in Poland were given in this paper.

Keywords

• non-wood forest product
• household income
• living standard
• villages
• towns