Ethnobotany, Martin

Jonathan Ferrier, Lana Sačiragic, Eric C.H. Chen, Sabina Trakic, Ammar Saleem, Emira Alikadic, Alain Cuerrier, Michael J. Balick, John T. Arnason, and Sulejman Redzic

Chapter 3. Hungarian Ethnobotanical Studies in Romania

Nуra Papp, Kata Birkбs-Frendl, Бgnes Farkas, and Dуra Czйgйnyi

Chapter 4. Bulgarian Medical Ethnobotany: The Power of Plants in Pragmatic and Poetic Frames

Anely Nedelcheva and Stefan Draganov

Chapter 5. Cross-Cultural Ethnobotany of the Sharr Mountains (North-Western Macedonia)

Besnik Rexhepi, Behxhet Mustafa, Avni Hajdari, Jehona Rushidi-Rexhepi, Cassandra L. Quave, and Andrea Pieroni

Chapter 6. An Ethnobotanical and Ethnomedicinal Study on the Use of Wild Medicinal Plants in Rural Areas of Serbia

Snezana Jaric, Miroslava Mitrovic, and Pavle Pavlovic

Chapter 7. Medical Ethnobotanical Studies in Kosovo

Behxhet Mustafa and Avni Hajdari

Part II. Balkan Traditional Plant-Based Foods: Beyond the Ottoman Cuisine

Chapter 8. Wild Food Plants of Dalmatia (Croatia)

Lukasz Luczaj, Katija Dolina, Norma Fressel, and Stjepan Perkovic

Chapter 9. The Use of Wild Plants for Human Nutrition During a War: Eastern Bosnia (Western

Balkans)

Sulejman Redzic and Jonathan Ferrier

Chapter 10. Wild Food and Medicinal Plants Used in the Mountainous Albanian North, North-East, and East: A Comparison

Andrea Pieroni and Cassandra L. Quave

Part III. Building Small-scale, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Economies

Chapter 11. Medicinal Plants in Northern Montenegro: Traditional Knowledge,

Quality, and Resources

Nebojsa Menkovic, Katarina Savikin, Gordana Zdunic, Slobodan Milosavljevic, and Jelena

Zivkovic

Chapter 12. Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Traditional Use of Plants in Serbia in Relation to

Sustainable Rural Development

Zora Dajic Stevanovic, Milica Petrovic, and Svetlana Acic

'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts, fieldwork sketches etc. give a great vibrancy to the work... It deserves a wide readership.'
TEG News

Wild or non-cultivated plants are crucial to the lives of a large portion of the world's population, providing low-cost building materials, fuel, food supplements, medicines, tools and sources of income. Despite their importance, their vulnerability to harvesting and other social impacts is not well understood. Applied Ethnobotany is the first practical guide to be published on how to manage wild plant species sustainably.

This detailed manual on wild plant resources sets out the approaches and field methods involved in participatory work between conservationists, researchers and the primary resource users. Supported by extensive illustrations, it explains how local people can learn to assess the pressures on plant resources and what steps to take to ensure their continued availability.

For all those involved in resource management decisions regarding plant species and diversity, and in particular those studying or working in conservation, rural development and park management, this guide is invaluable.

Published with WWF, UNESCO and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew