Wild Edibles and Sustainable Development Goals

The edited book follows a systematic and situation-sensitive approach for discussing the socio-ecological, economic, cultural, and traditional perspectives of using and promoting wild edibles. This can help in building social-ecological resilience by addressing nutritional, climate and conservation challenges in the Anthropocene. Chapters significantly emphasize on the history, theory, future, and innovations as the main pillars of endorsing wild edibles for localizing various UN SDGs, and other relevant international promises related to climate, conservation of biodiversity and restoration of degraded landscapes. A special focus has been set on advances and opportunities for wild edibles, challenges related to sustainable harvesting concerns, and constraints of market places, accessibility, domestication. This is followed by case studies presenting the part of wild edibles in addressing food sovereignty, promoting socio-ecological resilience and sense of belongingness among locals.
Chapters cover the latest evidence-based approach in diagnosis and management of ecosystems from Africa, Europe, North and South America, South Caucasus region of Eurasia, North, South and Southeast Asia. Case studies help to understand implications and concerns of promoting wild edibles as future food in a fast-expanding and climate vulnerable world. Chapters cover present-day issues and challenges dealing with food security and sovereignty, sustainability and environmental change. They incite at taking the knowledge and practices of IPLCs as models. They also attempt to strengthen and enrich the knowledge base on diverse related complex issues related to wild edibles by integrating the values and importance of biodiversity, threatened species and ecosystems, and emerging drivers of biodiversity loss.
The volume highlights how harvesting and consuming wild edibles enhance nutritional security, health benefits, climate resilience, improve economic opportunities and trade-offs for long-term sustainability. The volume shows as well that supporting future food species would influence the ecosystem and biodiversity-inclusive SDG localization, and also reduce land degradation due to agriculture intensification. The emerging roles of integrative socio-ecological as well as techno-cultural factors in promoting and including wild species as nutritional support are key features of this book.

Table des matières

1. Wild edibles and their role in localizing UN SDGs.- 2. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Gathering of Wild Mushrooms in Nepal Himalaya: Localizing the Implementation of the SDGs.- 3. Hutsuls Local Knowledge of Wild Edibles Contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals.- 4. Wild edible flowers of Oaxaca, Mexico: Bio-cultural heritage and contributions to Sustainable Development.- 5. The Role and Diversity of Wild Edible Plants in Betsileo Diet (Madagascar).- 6. Foraging of Wild Edibles in Fast Urbanizing India: From Traditional Knowledge Systems to People s Connect with the Urban Greenspaces.- 7. Traditional Landscape Management, Wild Edibles and Food Security: Case Studies from Brazil.- 8. The Availability of Wild Food in Central Scotland and the Human Health Impact of Its Exclusive Consumption in Two British Studies.- 9. Status, Conservational Significance and Nutraceutical Potential of Wild Edible Fruits: A Case Study From The Central Western Ghats.- 10. Exploring the Role of Wild Edible Plants in Nutritional Security and Traditional Healing Practices in Rural Kashmir.- 11. Ecological Music of Shillim Forest: Sacred Groves, Wild Edibles, and Medicinal Traditions in Restored Landscapes.- 12. Advancing Gender and Social Equity in Wild Edible Leafy Plant Collection: Pathways for Localizing Sustainable Development Goals.- 13. Potential Wild Edible Plants for Livelihood improvement in Indian Eastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh: Management and Conservation Priorities.- 14. A Checklist of Valuable Bioresources Traded in the Local Markets of Assam and Their Potential Commercial Aspect in Terms of Access and Benefit Sharing Mechanisms.- 15. Consuming Nature? The Place of Wild Edible Plants in France Today.- 16. The Delicate Balance of Wild Foods: Dietary Shifts, Market Integration, And Adaptation Among the Maijuna in the Peruvian Amazon.- 17. Missing the Food from the Woods: Drivers and Impacts of Changing Wild Food Consumption Among Soligas of BR Hills In Southern India.- 18. Temporal scale of wild species harvesting for sustainable use: Lessons from Harvest Calendars in Brazilian Cerrado and Indian Himalayan Region.- 19. Connecting Native to New: A Way Forward.

A propos de l'auteur

Shalini Dhyani (PhD) is a principal scientist at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), a constituent laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Her work spans over two decades in the fields of ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation, nature-based solutions, and sustainability science. Dr. Dhyani is internationally recognized for her interdisciplinary research that links ecological integrity with social well-being, especially in the context of climate change, forest restoration, and urban resilience. She serves as the Asia Vice Chair and Steering Committee Member of the Commission on Ecosystems Management (CEM) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where she plays a pivotal role in shaping science-policy for ecosystem-based approaches for conservation and resilience across the region. She is also a UNESCO-TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) Associate and a Visiting Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia. Dr. Dhyani has contributed as a lead author to major global and regional assessments, including the IPBES Thematic Assessment on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species (2022), the Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2018), IUFRO Global Assessment on Forests as Pillars of Socio-Economic Resilience (2025), Springshed outlook by ICIMOD, Nepal (2026) and also involved as CLA in report on Rangelands and Pastoralism in Hindukush Himalaya by ICIMOD. Her work emphasizes the integration of diverse knowledge systems including indigenous and local knowledge into policy and practice, with a strong focus on people-centric and multi-sectoral approaches. As an editor, she brings critical insight into the role of ecosystems in shaping sustainable and inclusive futures. She is also a member of the editorial boards of leading journals such as Sustainability Science, Agroforestry Systems, and Restoration Ecology, further advancing interdisciplinary scholarship in ecosystem science and practice.
Esther Katz (PhD) is a French anthropologist, emerita research director at the Institute of Research for Development (IRD), in the Joint Research Unit 208 PALOC IRD/CNRS/MNHN – Local Heritage, Environment and Globalization, based at the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), in Paris, France. Her main research topics deal with anthropology of food, ethnobiology/ethnoclimatology, indigenous and local knowledge and cultural identity. She has been doing fieldwork with indigenous people and local communities in Mexico, Brazil and on shorter periods in Ecuador and Colombia. She has also carried out fieldworks in Central America, Southeast Asia, central Africa and Europe. She has been seconded to UNAM in Mexico, University of Brasilia in Brazil, and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia. Over the last years, she has been involved in projects on food heritage, agrobiodiversity and environmental change in Latin America. She is presently coordinating a project on edible insects in the same continent. She has contributed as a lead author to IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) assessment on Sustainable Use of Wild Species (2022) and to Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science Assessment on Contribution of indigenous people and local traditional communities to Brazilian biodiversity (2021).

Résumé

The edited book follows a systematic and situation-sensitive approach for discussing the socio-ecological, economic, cultural, and traditional perspectives of using and promoting wild edibles. This can help in building social-ecological resilience by addressing nutritional, climate and conservation challenges in the Anthropocene. Chapters significantly emphasize on the history, theory, future, and innovations as the main pillars of endorsing wild edibles for localizing various UN SDGs, and other relevant international promises related to climate, conservation of biodiversity and restoration of degraded landscapes. A special focus has been set on advances and opportunities for wild edibles, challenges related to sustainable harvesting concerns, and constraints of market places, accessibility, domestication. This is followed by case studies presenting the part of wild edibles in addressing food sovereignty, promoting socio-ecological resilience and sense of belongingness among locals.
Chapters cover the latest evidence-based approach in diagnosis and management of ecosystems from Africa, Europe, North and South America, South Caucasus region of Eurasia, North, South and Southeast Asia. Case studies help to understand implications and concerns of promoting wild edibles as future food in a fast-expanding and climate vulnerable world. Chapters cover present-day issues and challenges dealing with food security and sovereignty, sustainability and environmental change. They incite at taking the knowledge and practices of IPLCs as models. They also attempt to strengthen and enrich the knowledge base on diverse related complex issues related to wild edibles by integrating the values and importance of biodiversity, threatened species and ecosystems, and emerging drivers of biodiversity loss.
The volume highlights how harvesting and consuming wild edibles enhance nutritional security, health benefits, climate resilience, improve economic opportunities and trade-offs for long-term sustainability. The volume shows as well that supporting future food species would influence the ecosystem and biodiversity-inclusive SDG localization, and also reduce land degradation due to agriculture intensification. The emerging roles of integrative socio-ecological as well as techno-cultural factors in promoting and including wild species as nutritional support are key features of this book.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Shalini Dhyani (Editeur), Katz (Editeur), Esther Katz (Editeur)
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 28.12.2025
• EAN: 9789819536238
• ISBN: 978-981-9536-23-8
• Pages: 417
• Illustrations: VIII, 417 p. 117 illus., 105 illus. in color.
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Technique chimique; Nachhaltigkeit, Sustainability, Agrarwissenschaften, Resilience, Agriculture, Food Science, food security, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Wild edibles, Nutritional support