. 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 Commercialization of non-timber forest products. Project interviewees, Oaxaca, Mexico. specifically NTFPs, to contribute to the goal of poverty reduction. This provides the context for a more detailed discussion of NTFP commercialization and a description of the project's key research hypotheses. Full details of the research results are provided on the accompanying CD-ROM, together with a decisio
. 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 Commercialization of non-timber forest products. Project interviewees, Oaxaca, Mexico. specifically NTFPs, to contribute to the goal of poverty reduction. This provides the context for a more detailed discussion of NTFP commercialization and a description of the project's key research hypotheses. Full details of the research results are provided on the accompanying CD-ROM, together with a decision support tool aimed primarily at decision-makers wishing to evaluate the relative potential of different NTFPs for successful commercialization. The CD-ROM also contains a manual designed for use at field level that provides tools for successfully developing NTFP resources (see Appendix tor CD-ROM contents page). THE GLOBAL GOAL OF POVERTY REDUCTION International efforts to understand, research and combat global poverty have received increasing attention over the past 20 years. The lack of progress in poverty reduction led, in 2000. to the signing and adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration by 189 countries (United Nations 2000). The declaration was translated into eight Millennium Development Goals IMDGs), of which the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger presents a great and present challenge. Other goals relate to empowering women, improving education and health and ensuring environ- mental sustalnability. Targets of the MDGs have been set for 2015 and provide a global policy framework for sustainable development. The MDGs explicitly recognize the contribution that developed/industrial countries can make through trade, development assistance, debt relief, access to essential medicines and technology transfer Progress to date in the achievement of the MDGs has been limited. For example, in Bolivia, it is only considered slightly probable that the objective
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