https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u current and past uses of wild plants for food and healing in Liubań region, Belarus en-us 2020-10-08 10:06:00 UTC 2025-12-18 14:21:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/738215602/53df6021c02f18197c86f3f40db3a8b2/Vaccinius_Martyllius.jpg 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813287663 - Wild plants are part of the vast nature's biodiversity
- Some species feed on specific plants so the loss of a wild plant in an area could cause the loss of that species
- This is one way biodiversity can become depleted
- Animals that feed on vast variety of plants produce milk and meat with a higher nutrient content
- Variety of wild plants attract insects which are helpful as natural pest-control for farmers
- Besides sustaining biodiversity, wild plants are also an "Aesthetic food" for human eyes and soul ]]> 2020-10-08 10:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813287663 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813323218 Wild Plants are so much more valuable than just for human food and medicinal purposes (Healthy climate, Beautiful landscape, Conserving water & various wildlifes) which are beyond our case study purpose]]> 2020-10-08 11:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813323218 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813339358 Authors:
Renata Sõukand: Associate Professor, Ethnobotanist & Senior Researcher
Yanina Hrynevich: Folklorist & Senior research Scientist
Raivo Kalle: Associate Professor, Ethnobotanist & Senior researcher.
11 other contributors
Published on: 08 February, 2017  in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Funded by FMoE, supported by EU & Estonian Science Foundation Grant]]> 2020-10-08 11:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813339358 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813508750 1) Document the current and past uses of wild plants for food & medication in Liuan, Belarus
2) Analyse the food, medicinal and veterinary areas in the context of wild plants
3) Compare qualitatively the results with relevant publications regarding the wild food plants of Belarus]]> 2020-10-08 12:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813508750 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813574170 - Local ecological knowledge has been affected by current way of living & habitat loss, that's why this documentation is vital for BCD
- Cultivated plants are well-known to humans and less risk of extinction than wild ones
- There are limited amount of texts about Belarus use of wild plant practices, but no comprehensive regional use documented
- This paper is intended for a well-defined area of wild plants uses in medicine, food and veterinary area]]> 2020-10-08 12:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813574170 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813723169 Those that grow spontaneously in self-maintaining populations in natural ecosystems (not deliberately cultivated by humans)
e.g. syringa vulgaris
Aesculus hippocastanum (horse-chestnut)
Armoracia rusticana (Horseradish)]]> 2020-10-08 13:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813723169 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813780253 Belarus: Central/East Europe, temperate latitude, 37% land is forest (mixed Boreal and Nemoral), very rich in various tree and bushes species and also wildlives
Liuban: Southeast of Minsk Region, 11 villages chosen from the "Village Council of Asaviec", 2450 Inhabitants]]> 2020-10-08 13:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813780253 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813898856 - random selection (cross-section of the local population)
- 134 people interviewed
- 87(64.9%) women & 47(35.1%) men
- Mean age 63.3 years(oldest 92 ,youngest 27)
- Interview duration: from 30 min to 2 hours and a half
- Folk-History method used]]> 2020-10-08 14:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/813898856 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/814104910 DUR (Detailed Use of Record): mention of specific use of a plant part
UC(Use Citations): number of people who claimed the (specific) use of the plant
FIC(Informant Consensus Factor): number of UC minus the number of species used, divided by the number of use citations minus one (Always range from 0-1)
Reliability: the consistency or replicability of measures among tests.]]> 2020-10-08 15:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/814104910 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/814318105 - 88 mild plant taxa belonging to 45 families across the 3 areas
- 76.1% taxa met reliability criteria (used at least by 3 people)
- DUR: Total 2252; Food 1216(54%), Medicine 968(43%), Vet 68(3%)
- Mean Taxa: 11.6 & Mean DUR: 16.8
- no significant difference in age and sex]]> 2020-10-08 15:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/814318105 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/814928740 - Comparing the FIC, Taxa used and reliability Criteria

]]> 2020-10-08 18:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/814928740 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/829245530 Significant decrease in use  and of variety of some species]]> 2020-10-14 16:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/829245530 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/829354976 -Food + Medicine= 55.3%
- Medicine + Veterinary= 27%
- 30/88 used had widespread use
- more widespread the use, the more is used in both areas, Exeption (Rumex spp. for food & Plantago major as medicine)]]> 2020-10-14 16:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/829354976 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/829392703 2020-10-14 16:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/829392703 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/830091378 - 14% of DUR mentioned are used only in the past (abandoned)
- Food: snacks and soups (25%), jams(13%) & recreational teas (5%)
- Medicinal: abandoned due to use for Childhood diseases or reduced access (Exceptions: few religious and ritual uses)]]> 2020-10-14 19:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/830091378 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/830214428 - 1% uses claimed temporary
- Food: uses related to shortages in war, or for taste trial
-Medicinal: use related to cough, sore throat, prophylactic, ]]> 2020-10-14 20:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/830214428 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/830232434 - do not give value to their knowledge
- some have knowledge of the use but not really applying
 - younger generation ashamed of the knowledge
- Others prefer to cultivate instead of collecting
- But after the Interview they Acknowledge the importance ]]> 2020-10-14 20:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/830232434 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831676270 -Mean # in food area (7.3) vs (19.9) in Estonia
- FIC for food area (0.94) vs (0.91) in Estonia
- Regional differences still exist
- Overlap of practices between past and recent knowledge
- wide variety of preparation modes]]> 2020-10-15 09:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831676270 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831833479 - high overlap in the taxa used between the 3 areas
- Strong correlation between overlap and most utilized plants
- High # of taxa use, but low mean use per person]]> 2020-10-15 11:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831833479 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831868486 - 2020 - “biodiversity super year,”
- World Wildlife Day March 3, 2020, “Sustaining all life on Earth”
- UNSDG 1, 12, 14 and 15]]> 2020-10-15 11:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831868486 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831920960 - Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) report on 23/09/2020
- 16 target (not all achieved by 2020, but encourageable results)]]> 2020-10-15 11:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831920960 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831948217 - This paper paves the way for future similar researches aiming for plant conservation & documentation
- This paper has revived the importance of nature, not only in the readers, but also the interviewees
- This paper is meant for mapping out the events among people]]> 2020-10-15 12:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831948217 887582_1 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831979081 - Nebiyu : Presenter
- Virginia
- Paulo
- Nasrin
Background: is the local Lyuban Flag (different from National Flag)]]> 2020-10-15 12:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/831979081 883181_2 https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/859177922 The variety of names for the various plants is a fundamental aspect of the traditional local knowledge. Linguistic diversity is intertwined with biodiversity and cultural diversity and, as such, it is to be preserved carefully. Traditional names may also be a vehicle for conveying the importance of local knowledge and small-scale biodiversity in a wider resilience scenario.]]> 2020-10-25 10:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/887582_1/owtsudkzuvvm97u/wish/859177922