Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition
Overlooked in national reports and in conservation programs, wild food plants (WFPs) have been a vital component of food and nutrition security for centuries. Recently, several countries have reported on the widespread and regular consumption of WFPs, particularly by rural and indigenous communities...
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| author | Borelli, Teresa Hunter, Danny Powell, Bronwen Ulian, Tiziana Mattana, Efisio Termote, Céline Pawera, Lukas Beltrame, Daniela M.O. Penafiel, Daniela Tan, Ayfer Taylor, Mary Engels, Johannes M.M. |
| author_browse | Beltrame, Daniela M.O. Borelli, Teresa Engels, Johannes M.M. Hunter, Danny Mattana, Efisio Pawera, Lukas Penafiel, Daniela Powell, Bronwen Tan, Ayfer Taylor, Mary Termote, Céline Ulian, Tiziana |
| author_facet | Borelli, Teresa Hunter, Danny Powell, Bronwen Ulian, Tiziana Mattana, Efisio Termote, Céline Pawera, Lukas Beltrame, Daniela M.O. Penafiel, Daniela Tan, Ayfer Taylor, Mary Engels, Johannes M.M. |
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| description | Overlooked in national reports and in conservation programs, wild food plants (WFPs) have been a vital component of food and nutrition security for centuries. Recently, several countries have reported on the widespread and regular consumption of WFPs, particularly by rural and indigenous communities but also in urban contexts. They are reported as critical for livelihood resilience and for providing essential micronutrients to people enduring food shortages or other emergency situations. However, threats derived from changes in land use and climate, overexploitation and urbanization are reducing the availability of these biological resources in the wild and contributing to the loss of traditional knowledge associated with their use. Meanwhile, few policy measures are in place explicitly targeting their conservation and sustainable use. This can be partially attributed to a lack of scientific evidence and awareness among policymakers and relevant stakeholders of the untapped potential of WFPs, accompanied by market and non-market barriers limiting their use. This paper reviews recent efforts being undertaken in several countries to build evidence of the importance of WFPs, while providing examples of cross-sectoral cooperation and multi-stakeholder approaches that are contributing to advance their conservation and sustainable use. An integrated conservation approach is proposed contributing to secure their availability for future generations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1097122025-11-12T05:41:51Z Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition Borelli, Teresa Hunter, Danny Powell, Bronwen Ulian, Tiziana Mattana, Efisio Termote, Céline Pawera, Lukas Beltrame, Daniela M.O. Penafiel, Daniela Tan, Ayfer Taylor, Mary Engels, Johannes M.M. wild plants food security nutrition data collection policies conservation agriculture plantas selvestres seguridad alimentaria nutrición food crops resource conservation Overlooked in national reports and in conservation programs, wild food plants (WFPs) have been a vital component of food and nutrition security for centuries. Recently, several countries have reported on the widespread and regular consumption of WFPs, particularly by rural and indigenous communities but also in urban contexts. They are reported as critical for livelihood resilience and for providing essential micronutrients to people enduring food shortages or other emergency situations. However, threats derived from changes in land use and climate, overexploitation and urbanization are reducing the availability of these biological resources in the wild and contributing to the loss of traditional knowledge associated with their use. Meanwhile, few policy measures are in place explicitly targeting their conservation and sustainable use. This can be partially attributed to a lack of scientific evidence and awareness among policymakers and relevant stakeholders of the untapped potential of WFPs, accompanied by market and non-market barriers limiting their use. This paper reviews recent efforts being undertaken in several countries to build evidence of the importance of WFPs, while providing examples of cross-sectoral cooperation and multi-stakeholder approaches that are contributing to advance their conservation and sustainable use. An integrated conservation approach is proposed contributing to secure their availability for future generations. 2020 2020-10-01T14:28:58Z 2020-10-01T14:28:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109712 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Borelli, T.; Hunter, D.; Powell , B.; Ulian, T.; Mattana, E.; Termote, C.; Pawera, L.; Beltrame, D.; Penafiel, D.; Tan, A.; Taylor, M.; Engels, J. M.M. (2020) Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition. Plants 9(10): 1299. ISSN: 2223-7747 |
| spellingShingle | wild plants food security nutrition data collection policies conservation agriculture plantas selvestres seguridad alimentaria nutrición food crops resource conservation Borelli, Teresa Hunter, Danny Powell, Bronwen Ulian, Tiziana Mattana, Efisio Termote, Céline Pawera, Lukas Beltrame, Daniela M.O. Penafiel, Daniela Tan, Ayfer Taylor, Mary Engels, Johannes M.M. Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition |
| title | Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition |
| title_full | Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition |
| title_fullStr | Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition |
| title_short | Born to eat wild: an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition |
| title_sort | born to eat wild an integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition |
| topic | wild plants food security nutrition data collection policies conservation agriculture plantas selvestres seguridad alimentaria nutrición food crops resource conservation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109712 |
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