Born to Eat Wild: An Integrated Conservation Approach to Secure Wild Food Plants for Food Security and Nutrition

Teresa Borelli; Danny Hunter; Bronwen Powell; Tiziana Ulian; Efisio Mattana; Céline Termote; Lukas Pawera; Daniela Beltrame; Daniela Penafiel; Ayfer Tan; Mary Taylor; Johannes Engels

doi:10.3390/plants9101299

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Born to Eat Wild: An Integrated Conservation Approach to Secure Wild Food Plants for Food Security and Nutrition

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Born to Eat Wild: An Integrated Conservation Approach to Secure Wild Food Plants for Food Security and Nutrition

Teresa Borelli, Danny Hunter, Bronwen Powell, Tiziana Ulian, Efisio Mattana, Céline Termote, Lukas Pawera, Daniela Beltrame, Daniela Penafiel, Ayfer Tan, …

Plants , Vol.9(10), pp.1-36

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9101299

PMID: 33019632

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Abstract

conservation

multi-sectoral collaboration

wild food plants

nutrition data

food security

policy

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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Title: Born to Eat Wild: An Integrated Conservation Approach to Secure Wild Food Plants for Food Security and Nutrition
Authors: Teresa Borelli (Author) - Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT
Danny Hunter (Author) - Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT
Bronwen Powell (Author) - Penn State York
Tiziana Ulian (Author) - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Efisio Mattana (Author) - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Céline Termote (Author) - Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT
Lukas Pawera (Author) - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Daniela Beltrame (Author) - Ministry of the Environment
Daniela Penafiel (Author) - Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo
Ayfer Tan (Author) - Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (Turkey)
Mary Taylor (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Johannes Engels (Author) - Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT
Publication details: Plants , Vol.9(10), pp.1-36
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.3390/plants9101299
ISSN: 2223-7747
PMID: 33019632
Copyright note: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99482301602621
Output Type: Journal article