This volume addresses recent and ongoing ethnobotanical studies in the Balkans. The book
focuses on elaborating the relevance of such studies for future initiatives in this region
both in terms of sustainable and peaceful (trans-regional trans-cultural) rural development. A
multi-disciplinary viewpoint is utilized with an incorporation of historical ethnographic
linguistic biological nutritional and medical perspectives. The book is also authored by
recognized scholars who in the last decade have extensively researched the Balkan traditional
knowledge systems as they pertain to perceptions of the natural world and especially
plants.Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans is the first ethnobotany book on
one of the most biologically and culturally diverse regions of the world and is a valuable
resource for both scholars and students interested in the field of ethnobotany.
