Abstract:Wild plants, algae, fungi etc. are an essential part of people's diet all over the world (Bacchetta et al., 2016). According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations more than 100 million people in the European Union, or about 20% of the world's population, consume wild plants as part of their diet and/or for medicinal purposes (Bacchetta et al., 2016). A further >65 million (14% of the world's population) occasionally collect some form of wild plants (Bacchetta et al., 2016). In the cont… Show more
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