Studies on Plant–Humans Interactions as a Means for Fostering a More Sustainable Future
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1686
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food heritage; ethnobiology; ethnobotany; wild food plants; fermentations; neglected species
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Interests: ethnobotany; ethnobiology; ecosemiotics; biocultural diversity; Eastern Europe; post-Soviet
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Investigations of the interactions between plants species and human societies are quintessential for the sustainable use of biodiversity and in fostering environmental educational platforms aimed at decreasing plant blindness, as well as further helping local communities cope with food security, sound rural development, biocultural heritage, and nature tourism, or to propose new plant foods, new herbal remedies, and, in general, new durable materials of plant origin.
This Special Issue aims to include original and pathbreaking contributions that explore this interface in areas from ethnobotany to applied botany, economic botany to the botanical humanities, and the intersection between botany and art.
Prof. Dr. Andrea Pieroni
Dr. Renata Sõukand
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ethnobotany
- plant blindness
- plant awareness disparity
- neglected species
- plant handicraft
- wild food plants
- medicinal plants
- ornamental plants
- ritual plants
- new plant materials
- plant perceptions
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