ABSTRACT
Inhabitants of rural Mexico use non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for a wide variety of purposes. The species they use, the products they make and their local management systems are diverse, as are the social contexts. However, among all the variations in biological and social dimensions, there are similarities with regard to tenure and the legal context for most NTFPs: most products are extracted by poor people from commonly owned land and, by Mexican law, illegally.
