Economist: Tens of billions of dollars in forest products are being overlooked

In the Roman Empire, custom taxes on spices, black pepper in particular, accounted for up to a third of the empire’s annual income. During the late Middle Ages, European efforts to cut out middlemen and monopolize the spice trade led to colonization in Asia. Historically, non-timber forest products have frequently played a key role in the global economy.

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