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A Review on the Use of Non-timber Forest Products in Beauty-care in Bangladesh

Sayma Akhter
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

Md. Abdul Halim*
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

Md. Shawkat Islam Sohel
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

Swapan Kumar Sarker
School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Claytan Campus, Victoria, 3800, Australia

Mohammad Shaheed Hossain Chowdhury
Forest Policy Laboratory, Department of Forest Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, 8304 Minamiminowa-Mura, 399-4598 Nagano-Ken, Japan

Sanjay Saha Sonet
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This review describes the non-timber forest products (NTFPs) used for different aspects of beauty-care in Bangladesh on the basis of extensive literature survey. The diverse plant species, including used parts and using patterns for hair care, facial treatments and body care, were summarized in 13 tables. This paper accumulate the scattered knowledge regarding the use of plants in beauty-care in Bangladesh, to draw the extent of use of NTFPs in health care and to record the knowledge for assessing the possibilities of further implementation in herbal cosmetics industries. The structured knowledge can be used in policymaking process for sustainable management of these valuable NTFPs leading to the conservation of the country’s biological diversity. It is suggested that intensive field level research is necessary for securing sustainability of NTFPs.

Keywords: Beauty care; Non-timber forest products (NTFPs); Bangladesh

Location: In Bangladesh

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Program Area: Development of Host and Medicinal Plants

Commodity: Non timber

Objectives:

Though a number of studies were conducted on different aspects of NTFPs earlier but no specific study was conducted on the use of these resources in beauty-care in Bangladesh. This study is based on extensive literature survey with the views to accumulate the scattered knowledge regarding the use of plants in beauty-care in Bangladesh, to draw the extent of use of NTFPs in health care and to record the knowledge for assessing the possibilities of further implementation in herbal cosmetics industries. The structured knowledge thus can be used in policymaking process for sustainable management of these valuable NTFPs leading to the conservation of the country’s biological diversity.

Methodology:

NTFPs in beauty-care NTFPs used for manifold purposes of beauty-care in Bangladesh can be summarized as hair care, facial treatment and body care. The following are the tabular representations of the outcome of extensive literature survey showing local name, scientific name, parts used of the plants and their using pattern followed by a column for references.

Source of Information: Journal of Forestry Research (2008) 19(1):72–78

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.1007/s11676-008-0014-7

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Achievement/Findings:

Non-timber forest products have active ingredients used in curing ailments, and aromatic compounds used as sources of flavors and fragrances- realized from the study. People in Bangladesh are using NTFPs for their beauty-care in different forms and patterns, i.e. in hair care for checking hair fall, as antidandruff, removing baldness etc.; in facial treatment to prevent acne and freckles, wrinkle of face, bad smell from mouth etc; in body care for body grace, to remove bad odor from body, softening harsh skin, removal of fat etc. They are using different plant parts (seed, fruit, bark, wood, stem, leaf, root, flower, rhizome, pollen et.) in association with other ingredients like conch cover, milk, sugar, honey, salt, water etc and applying them in systematic doses. The importance of NTFPs as therapeutic agents and their role in beauty care and economies of developing countries is well recognized. This includes not only their use for beauty care but also the industrialization of NTFPs that creates employment opportunities. Beside these, having no side-effect of natural cosmetics, NTFPs are becoming popular at an increasing rate among all irrespective of age, gender, race and religion. In Bangladesh there is also an increasing trend of demand for the natural cosmetics which is ultimately leading people to the devastating form of harvesting NTFPs. To ensure sustainable management, scrupulous harvesting in a prescribed manner is essential. But unfortunately there is a lacking of proper management system of the NTFPs in the country. If the knowledge regarding the using pattern of these NTFPs in different purposes is properly documented, stored and managed, strong baseline information for sustainable management and policy formulation will then be possible. This article containing necessary information fully based on the review of secondary literatures on a specific use of NTFPs may provide some sort of important clues in this regard. In the present era of growing needs for the growing population, the matter of sustainable utilization and management of natural resources should get the foremost priority. Keeping such perception into consideration, domestication of NTFPs for the benefits of both the farmers and the environment is necessary. Prospects for the success can never be improved if the benefits can not be ensured completely. But there exists policy constraints that appear against smallholder farmer in starting entrepreneurial activities with NTFPs. The policy and institutional aspects of both the domestication and commercialization of NTFPs used in beauty care are crucial for the realization of social benefits in the form of poverty alleviation through employment as well as environmental amelioration through richness of biological diversity.

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