Outdoor activities foster local plant knowledge in Karelia, NE Europe
Mattalia, Giulia (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
Svanberg, Ingvar (Uppsala University (Uppsala, Suècia))
Ståhlberg, Sabira (Uppsala University (Uppsala, Suècia))
Kuznetsova, Natalia (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milà, Itàlia))
Prūse, Baiba (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
Kolosova, Valeria (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
Aziz, Muhammad Abdul (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
Kalle, Raivo (Estonian Literary Museum)
Sõukand, Renata (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)

Data:	2023
Resum:	Wild edible plants, particularly berries, are relevant nutritional elements in the Nordic countries. In contrast to decreasing global trends, approximately 60% of the Finnish population is actively involved in (berry) foraging. We conducted 67 interviews with Finns and Karelians living in Finnish Karelia to: (a) detect the use of wild edible plants, (b) compare those results with the published data about neighbouring Russian Karelians, and (c) document the sources of local plant knowledge. The results revealed three main findings. First, we observed a similarity in wild food plant knowledge among Karelians and Finns from Karelia. Second, we detected divergences in wild food plant knowledge among Karelians living on both sides of the Finnish-Russian border. Third, the sources of local plant knowledge include vertical transmission, acquisition through literary sources, acquisition from "green" nature shops promoting healthy lifestyles, childhood foraging activities performed during the famine period following WWII, and outdoor recreational activities. We argue that the last two types of activities in particular may have influenced knowledge and connectedness with the surrounding environment and its resources at a stage of life that is crucial for shaping adult environmental behaviours. Future research should address the role of outdoor activities in maintaining (and possibly enhancing) local ecological knowledge in the Nordic countries.
Ajuts:	European Commission 714874
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Scientific reports, Vol. 13 (May 2023) , art. 8627, ISSN 2045-2322

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35918-7
PMID: 37244965

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