Millions of rural and urban dwellers across the world make use of a wide diversity of forest
products to fulfill several livelihood requirements, from direct household provisioning to cash …

The world's population is predicted to hit 9 billion by 2050, up from today's total of nearly 7.4
billion, and with it food demand is predicted to increase substantially. There are many factors …

Wild edible plants (WEPs) are known to make important contributions to food baskets and
livelihoods in the smallholder and subsistence farming communities of sub-Saharan Africa …

This paper examines the contribution of forest provisioning ecosystem services (FPES) to
rural households and assesses the contributions of forests to the annual incomes of …

Biocultural diversity has been conceptualised as the sum of the world's differences
regarding biological diversity at all levels and cultural diversity in all its manifestations, and …

Despite long-standing patterns of agrarian change in South and Southern Africa, rural
locales remain home to millions of people, characterised by widespread poverty and …

Crafting local institutions to allow more effective decision-making in the management of and
access to natural resources in and beyond parks has long been considered key to …

This paper examines dependence on environmental resources and impacts on household
welfare among the indigenous San and Mier rural communities neighbouring Kgalagadi …

More often than not, foraging for wild products, such as berries, mushrooms, and weeds, is
not currently permitted in many urban parks across North America. Nonetheless, foraging in …

This review article represents an attempt at highlighting the important research conducted by
geographers in rural areas of South Africa. Acknowledging the challenges facing many …