Abstract: | A significant and growing demand for natural resources of vegetal origin (other than wood) provided by the forest (non-wood forest products) is present nowadays.
The goal of this article is to establish the most promising non-wood forest products (NWFPs) from Bacău County. Choosing the most promising NWFPs for Bacau County was made based on a selection criteria prioritized by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model. In order to facilitate the pairwise comparisons process used in the AHP technique, we have selected eight NWFPs, namely: truffles (Tuber sp.), penny bun (Boletus edulis), coniferous foliage, blackberries (Rubus sp.), wild cherry (Prunus avium), common nettle (Uritica dioica), honey and wild boar (Sus scrofa). The sensitivity analysis has indicated that truffles, are the products with the highest potential, while the common nettle has the lowest potential. Furthermore, this model provides relevant information on how to manage these resources in the future. |
