. Commercialization of non-timber forest products. Factors influencing success. Lessons learned from Mexico and Bolivia and policy implications for decision- makers. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 23.. Access rights and resources commercialization. In the case of both soyate palm and camedora palm, for which demand levels have been relatively stable during the last 10 years, average collection times have nevertheless increased significantly in the same period. This suggests that people now need to travel much further to locate sufficient resources to meet current demand. In all of these cases,
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. Commercialization of non-timber forest products. Factors influencing success. Lessons learned from Mexico and Bolivia and policy implications for decision- makers. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 23.. Access rights and resources commercialization. In the case of both soyate palm and camedora palm, for which demand levels have been relatively stable during the last 10 years, average collection times have nevertheless increased significantly in the same period. This suggests that people now need to travel much further to locate sufficient resources to meet current demand. In all of these cases, communities are also engaging in other strategies - domestication and/or improved resource management - to make up for reduced resource availability Domestication Some ^5 per cent of the case study communities, including four in which there is no evidence of resource depletion, have begun to domesticate the resource to some extent (Table 7.11. For some products, however, such as wild mushrooms, it will never be possible iBox 7.11. In the case study communities, domestication typically consists of transplanting wild germplasm with the mam aim of establishing a resource closer to home rather than improving its quality. While the distance to collection sites is very variable between and within products, domesticated products are found closest to home. Many domestication efforts are supported by NGOs. In Emero. for example, increasing demand for wild cocoa is being met by a combination of enrichment planting, using wild planting stock to establish a community nursery and manual cross-fertilization to increase yields. In the case of maguey, in which the whole plant is harvested just before it flowers, enrichment planting is beginning to combat resource depletion. Domestication may change the status of a resource from one collected mostly from communally managed land to a predominantly privately produced resource, dis- advantaging those harvesters who lack appropriate land for establ