Conservation and trade of wild edible mushrooms of Serbia - history, state of the art and perspectives
Abstract
Wild edible mushrooms have received significant scientific and socio-economic attention in the last few decades, since they have become the subject of a booming trade business. Through last decades, Serbia, a small country positioned in the South East of Europe, has become a source country for extensive export of commercially important species of wild mushrooms. The data used for international analyses of national policy on mushroom protection and trade are cited usually from personal communications and therefore are not really reliable. Extensive investigations into diversity or ecology of macro fungi in Serbia have never been undertaken. The forestry sector, which is managing all forests in the country, has absolutely neglected its role in ecosystems while habitats of macro fungi have been permanently destroyed. There are only two legal acts that refer to mushroom protection directly and none aims to protect their habitats or diversity in practice. In this contribution, a comprehensi...ve review of official data on research, conservation, socio-economic importance and legislation on wild edible mushrooms and truffles in Serbia was provided. Additionally, the application of existing legal acts on conservation of macro fungi and data on wild mushroom trade in the period between 1993-2016, during which time the trade control has been initiated was analysed. The currently valid system of conservation and trade control are discussed in the frame of protection of wild mushroom species and their habitats and measures for upgrading this system in order to meet the requirements of the sustainable use of natural resources in the socio-economic conditions of Serbia are proposed.
Keywords:
wild mushrooms trade / Wild mushrooms conservation / truffle trade in Serbia / mushrooms of SerbiaSource:
Nature Conservation-Bulgaria, 2018, 25, 31-53Publisher:
- Pensoft Publishers, Sofia
Funding / projects:
- Modulation of antioxidative metabolism in plants for improvement of plant abiotic stress tolerance and identification of new biomarkers for application in remediation and monitoring of degraded biotopes (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43010)
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.25.21919
ISSN: 1314-6947
WoS: 000424996800001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85043777413
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Institut za multidisciplinarna istraživanjaTY - JOUR AU - Mandic, Radomir AU - Adzemovic. Mesud AU - Marjanović, Žaklina PY - 2018 UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1139 AB - Wild edible mushrooms have received significant scientific and socio-economic attention in the last few decades, since they have become the subject of a booming trade business. Through last decades, Serbia, a small country positioned in the South East of Europe, has become a source country for extensive export of commercially important species of wild mushrooms. The data used for international analyses of national policy on mushroom protection and trade are cited usually from personal communications and therefore are not really reliable. Extensive investigations into diversity or ecology of macro fungi in Serbia have never been undertaken. The forestry sector, which is managing all forests in the country, has absolutely neglected its role in ecosystems while habitats of macro fungi have been permanently destroyed. There are only two legal acts that refer to mushroom protection directly and none aims to protect their habitats or diversity in practice. In this contribution, a comprehensive review of official data on research, conservation, socio-economic importance and legislation on wild edible mushrooms and truffles in Serbia was provided. Additionally, the application of existing legal acts on conservation of macro fungi and data on wild mushroom trade in the period between 1993-2016, during which time the trade control has been initiated was analysed. The currently valid system of conservation and trade control are discussed in the frame of protection of wild mushroom species and their habitats and measures for upgrading this system in order to meet the requirements of the sustainable use of natural resources in the socio-economic conditions of Serbia are proposed. PB - Pensoft Publishers, Sofia T2 - Nature Conservation-Bulgaria T1 - Conservation and trade of wild edible mushrooms of Serbia - history, state of the art and perspectives EP - 53 IS - 25 SP - 31 DO - 10.3897/natureconservation.25.21919 ER -
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Mandic, R., Adzemovic. Mesud,& Marjanović, Ž.. (2018). Conservation and trade of wild edible mushrooms of Serbia - history, state of the art and perspectives. in Nature Conservation-Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers, Sofia.(25), 31-53. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.25.21919
Mandic R, Adzemovic. Mesud, Marjanović Ž. Conservation and trade of wild edible mushrooms of Serbia - history, state of the art and perspectives. in Nature Conservation-Bulgaria. 2018;(25):31-53. doi:10.3897/natureconservation.25.21919 .
Mandic, Radomir, Adzemovic. Mesud, Marjanović, Žaklina, "Conservation and trade of wild edible mushrooms of Serbia - history, state of the art and perspectives" in Nature Conservation-Bulgaria, no. 25 (2018):31-53, https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.25.21919 . .