We need to appreciate common synanthropic plants before they become rare: Case study in Latgale (Latvia)

B. Prūse; G. Buffa; R. Kalle; A. Simanova; I. Mežaka; R. Sõukand

doi:10.15451/EC2020-12-10.11-1-26

We need to appreciate common synanthropic plants before they become rare: Case study in Latgale (Latvia)

B. Prūse, G. Buffa, R. Kalle, A. Simanova, I. Mežaka, R. Sõukand

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© 2020 All Rights Reserved.Local ecological knowledge holds great potential in contributing to sustainable resource management and conservation activities. For this reason, the authors choose to analyse an ethnobotanical dataset from the Baltic Sea region by exploring the relationship between plants and humans on the basis of three main categories: habitat characteristics, distribution in the wild and plant sensitivity to human impact beyond physical distance. The study provides empirical evidence of widespread usage of so-called common species which are widely distributed in the territory and benefit from human activity. When considering the data via the intensity of use, based on detailed use-reports (DUR), the main category is shown to be apophytes (1001 DUR), followed by anthropophytes (426), hemeradiophores (255) and hemerophobes (54). The authors highlight the co-dependency of plants and humans in the medicinal and wild food domains and stress the need for integrated management strategies where local community knowledge plays a part.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-26
Journal	Ethnobiology and Conservation
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15451/EC2020-12-10.11-1-26
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

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We are grateful to the local people from the Lat-gale region who shared their local ecological knowledge and practices as the study would not have been possible without their contribution. We also thank the team from the Institute for Environmental Solutions and especially Ru¯ta Abaja, Agris Brauns, Inga Holsta, Signe Kru¯zkopa. We would also like to thank Andrea Pieroni and Maris K¸lavin¸ˇs for consultation at the final stage of manuscript preparation and Solvita Ru¯sin¸a and Ieva Ru¯rane for assistance with identification of relevant literature concerning Latvian flora. And we also thank the reviewers for the valuable reference sources. The research was supported by the Institute for Environmental Solutions and European Research Council under the European Union’s Hori- zon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 714874). Part of the language editing costs was covered by the University of Latvia.

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European Union’s Hori- zon 2020 research and innovation programme
Institute for Environmental Solutions
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	714874
European Research Council

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