Forest Research: Open Access
Open Access

Wildcrafting

Wildcrafting is the practice of harvesting plants from their natural or wild habitat, for food or medicinal purposes. It applies to uncultivated plants wherever they may be found, and is not necessarily limited to wilderness areas. Ethical considerations are often involved, such as protecting endangered species. When wildcrafting is done sustainably with proper respect, generally only the fruit, flowers or branches from plants are taken and the living plant is left, or if it is necessary to take the whole plant, seeds of the plant are placed in the empty hole from which the plant was taken. Care is taken to only remove a few plants, flowers, or branches.

Related Journals of Wildcrafting

Forestry Journal, Poultry, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences, Journal of Fisheries & Livestock Production, Journal of Biodiversity & Endangered Species, Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation, British Wildlife, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Wildlife Biology in Practice, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Monographs, Occasional Paper of the Canadian Wildlife Service