Wild food gathering activities (ie, foraging practices) played an important role in securing
food in the past. Nowadays, these resources and the knowledge around their use are …

Recent ethnobotanical studies have raised the hypothesis that religious affiliation can, in
certain circumstances, influence the evolution of the use of wild food plants, given that it …

Background This study examined the use of wild plants in the food, medicinal and veterinary
areas within a small territory limited to one village council in the Liubań district of Belarus …

The documentation of local food resources among linguistic/cultural minorities is essential
for fostering measures aimed at sustaining food biocultural heritage. Moreover …

Abstract Background Understanding how Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) evolves over
time is crucial for fostering social and environmental responsibility. This study aims to …

The local use of wild food plants represents a reservoir for the biocultural diversity of human
diet and is therefore being extensively studied; yet the effects of the introduction of novel …

Biodiversity needs to be preserved to ensure food security. Border zones create high but
vulnerable biocultural diversity. Through reviewing scattered historical data and …

While the current consumption of wild food plants in the taiga of the American continent is a
relatively well-researched phenomenon, the European taiga area is heavily …

Plant foraging is an important human ecological phenomenon being studied by a number of
contemporary ethnobiologists as well as by a few social anthropologists among rural …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Research on the folk categorization of nature in preliterate
societies in Europe is complicated due to the fragmentation of the information available and …