非木材林产品(NTFPs)是指从森林植被中采集的药材、食物(如野菜、野果等)、树脂树胶、纤维或其他非木材类产品,它们不仅为当地群众提供了食物、药材等日常生活必需品,而且也是许多地区原住民的重要经济收入来源。在收集整理相关国内外研究资料的基础上,从非木材林产品的集市民族植物学、非木材林产品的经济价值和对原住民经济收入的贡献、影响非木材林产品采集和利用的因素、非木材林产品采集对当地生物多样性的影响、原住民对非木材林产品的传统管理与保护等方面对近年来有关非木材林产品的民族植物学研究进展进行了综合评述,并对非木材林产品的民族植物学重点研究内容和方向提出了一些建议。

Non-timber forest products(NTFPs) refer to medicinal plants, edible plants(such as wild vegetables and wild fruits), resin, fiber and other non-timber products collected from forests. They are not only the main sources of livelihood, but also a main way of cash income for indigenous people dwelling in most mountainous areas of tropics and subtropics. The advances in NTFPs researches were summarized following aspects: market ethnobotany of NTFPs, their economic value and contribution to cash income of indigenous people, factors affecting harvesting and utilization of NTFPs, their ecological effects on local biodiversity, and the traditional management and conservation practices of indigenous people to NTFPs. The trends of NTFPs research also have been discussed.