@article{article_376821, title={Economic and Socio-Cultural Importance of Edible Wild Species}, journal={ANADOLU Journal of Aegean Agricultural Research Institute}, volume={27}, pages={26–38}, year={2017}, author={Karabak, Sevinc}, keywords={Biyolojik çeşitlilik,yenilebilir yabani türler,biyoçeşitliliğin ekonomik önemi,sosyo-ekonomi,sürdürülebilir kullanım}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;"> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Every goods and service in the world has an economic importance and this importance is often measured by its value. Although this measure is often expressed in terms of money, it is difficult to express many services and resources with money. One of them is biodiversity and its services. There is a need to be aware of the economic value to ensure sustainable maximum benefit from all limited resources of biodiversity. Knowing the economic value of biodiversity is important in terms of sustainable development as well as ensuring sustainable use. Sustainable use is defined as "the use of biodiversity elements in a way of use that does not lead to a decline of biological diversity in the long term and thus biodiversity retains its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations". In order to evaluate biodiversity economically, it is necessary to diversify the benefits, the goods and services offered to us, and to carry out an economic evaluation for each of them. Edible wild species are an important part of biological diversity. In addition to the services offered by other species, edible wild species also contribute to human nutrition. Especially in rural areas, edible wild species are among the easily accessible and low-cost foods. In the place where they found their consumption differs by the social and cultural structure of the society. Determining sustainable use and development strategies for a product whose supply and demand quantities and economic value are unknown may cause misapplication. Therefore; to enhance the economic and socio-cultural research and particularly to do the gender-sensitive value chain analysis are needed. </span> </i> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i>}, number={2}, publisher={Ege Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü}