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Urban Foraging: Where Cultural Knowledge and Local Biodiversity Meet

Leonie K. Fischer, Jonah L. Landor-Yamagata, Ingo Kowarik

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This paper illustrates the benefits of urban foraging, the practice of collecting wild-growing edible plants in urban green spaces worldwide. It describes how ecological and cultural knowledge intertwine in this practice and elucidates approaches used in urban foraging studies globally, including an example from Berlin, Germany. The paper also highlights challenges and opportunities for urban greenspace planning and management related to foraging.