A systematic review of foraging as lifestyle, livelihood, and landscape management strategy.

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-08-14 DOI:10.1007/s13280-025-02222-9

Mallika Sardeshpande, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

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Abstract

This systematic review of 353 studies evaluates the knowledge on foraging by humans, situating it in the wider context of human ecology. We highlight the strengths and weaknesses, and the micro (individual) to macro (landscape) level implications of foraging, as concerns livelihoods and social-ecological systems. Descriptive statistics of ethnobotanical studies yielded 1410 genera foraged globally. Foraging can contribute to food and nutritional security, human health and wellbeing, adaptation to global environmental change, and good governance. Research priorities include establishing baselines for species suitability, nutritional quality and biophysical tolerance, social utility, innovation, and foraging impact. Policy recommendations include integrated spatial planning and supporting devolved local economies nested within larger governance and market frameworks to enhance human and natural capital and social cohesion. Actions to foster social-ecological resilience include improving access to forageable resources and spaces, sharing information on sustainable foraging, and landscape stewardship through sustainable foraging.

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觅食作为生活方式、生计和景观管理策略的系统综述。

本文系统回顾了353项研究，评估了人类觅食的知识，并将其置于人类生态学的更广泛背景下。我们强调了觅食的优势和劣势，以及微观（个体）到宏观（景观）层面的影响，涉及生计和社会生态系统。民族植物学研究的描述性统计结果显示，全球有1410个属。觅食有助于粮食和营养安全、人类健康和福祉、适应全球环境变化以及良好治理。研究重点包括建立物种适宜性、营养质量和生物物理耐受性、社会效用、创新和觅食影响的基线。政策建议包括综合空间规划和支持在更大的治理和市场框架内嵌套的地方经济，以增强人力和自然资本以及社会凝聚力。促进社会生态复原力的行动包括改善获取可采资源和空间的途径，分享可持续采食信息，以及通过可持续采食进行景观管理。

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Ambio 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

14.30

自引率

3.10%

发文量

123

审稿时长

6 months

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