Mushrooms and Cash Crops Can Coexist in Mountain Livelihoods: Wild Mushrooms as Economic and Recreational Resources in the Greater Mekong

McLellan, Timothy; Brown, Madeline

doi:10.1659/mrd-journal-d-15-00087.1

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“…However, Menton et al (2009) [170] show that communities involved in co-management contracts had higher income and lower fruit harvests than those not involved, and Shanley et al (2012) [146] find that logging reduces access to NTFPs. Agroforestry is found to be a particularly effective conservation strategy, especially in the case of WEFs [180,205,206], diversifying farmer income and augmenting food security and economic benefits.…”

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Wild Edible Fruits: A Systematic Review of an Under-Researched Multifunctional NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Product)

Sardeshpande

Shackleton

2019

Forests

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Wild edible fruits (WEFs) are among the most widely used non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and important sources of nutrition, medicine, and income for their users. In addition to their use as food, WEF species may also yield fiber, fuel, and a range of processed products. Besides forests, WEF species also thrive in diverse environments, such as agroforestry and urban landscapes, deserts, fallows, natural lands, and plantations. Given the multifunctional, ubiquitous nature of WEFs, we conducted a systematic review on the literature specific to WEFs and highlighted links between different domains of the wider knowledge on NTFPs. We found that literature specific to WEFs was limited, and a majority of it reported ethnobotanical and taxonomic descriptions, with relatively few studies on landscape ecology, economics, and conservation of WEFs. Our review identifies priorities and emerging avenues for research and policymaking to promote sustainable WEF management and use, and subsequent biodiversity and habitat conservation. In particular, we recommend that ecosystem services, economic incentives, market innovations, and stakeholder synergies are incorporated into WEF conservation strategies.

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Wild Edible Fruits: A Systematic Review of an Under-Researched Multifunctional NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Product)

Sardeshpande

Shackleton

2019

Forests

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“…These include fungi, which are important for nutrient cycles, as saprophytes, parasites, and symbionts in ecological systems [5]. For many years, the collection and commercialization of wild edible macrofungi has been an important income source for the human population of the GMS [6]. For example, since the 1980s, the prized mushroom, Tricholoma matsutake (S. Ito & S. Imai) Singer, from Yunnan Province, has been exported to Japan.…”

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Native Forests Have a Higher Diversity of Macrofungi Than Comparable Plantation Forests in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Guo

Karunarathna

et al. 2018

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The Greater Mekong River Subregion (GMS) is a global biodiversity hotspot. Macrofungi play an essential role as decomposers, parasites, and symbionts, and are also an important source of medicine, food, and income for many communities in the GMS; however, the diversity and composition of macrofungi in this region remain poorly understood. In order to help address this knowledge gap, we established 20 permanent study plots in the GMS (native forests, tea plantation, pine plantations, mixed rubber and coffee plantation). Macrofungal diversity and community composition were evaluated across four study sites classified to two climate types and two management methods. Heat maps and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) were used to show differences in macrofungal community composition, and linear relationships were illustrated in order to analyze how environmental factors influenced macrofungal diversity and community composition. In total, 7028 specimens were collected, belonging to 1360 species, 216 genera, and 79 families. Russula, Lactarius, Amanita, Mycena, Suillus, and Inocybe were found to be the dominant genera in the GMS. We found that ectomycorrhizal fungi were dominant in temperate forests and that saprobic fungi were dominant in tropical forests. We also found that macrofungal community composition in native forests differed from that of plantation forests, indicating that plantations can provide different and complementary habitats for macrofungal growth. Our analysis of environmental factors revealed that macrofungal diversity was weakly correlated with tree species richness, and strongly correlated with elevation and latitude.

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“…La recolección de hongos es una actividad que genera ingresos económicos directos para la población, ellos minimizan el acceso del ganado a los bosques, para evitar el probable pisoteo y daño a ejemplares de hongos que puedan ser aprovechados por ellos. El manejo antes descrito ayuda a la conservación del bosque, de esta manera no sólo se protegen los rendimientos de los hongos, sino que se contribuye a la salud del ecosistema forestal (McLellan et al, 2016).…”

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Recolección de hongos comestibles silvestres en el contexto del pastoreo de alta montaña en la localidad de Agua Blanca en el Nevado de Toluca, México

Estrada-Flores¹,

Martínez-Hernández²,

Valdés-Piña³

et al. 2019

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Objetivo: Describir la recolección de hongos comestibles silvestres que se da en temporada de lluvias en la localidad Agua Blanca, ubicada en el Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Nevado de Toluca Diseño, metodología y aproximación: Estudio de caso simple con perspectiva cualitativa y aproximación etnometodológica. Resultados: Fueron detectadas 57 especies de hongos comestibles silvestres que se recolectan en el contexto de pastoreo de alta montaña, siendo la producción y manejo de ganado ovino la principal actividad productiva y económica en la que emplean su tiempo, alternando esta actividad con la recolección de hongos en temporada de lluvias. Limitaciones e implicaciones: Se trata de un trabajo descriptivo y exploratorio que sólo permite contribuir a la documentación del fenómeno dentro del área de estudio. Hallazgos y conclusiones: La recolección de hongos es una actividad complementaria al pastoreo del ganado y una oportunidad de obtener ingresos extras que permiten la subsistencia de las familias durante esta temporada.

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Mushrooms and Cash Crops Can Coexist in Mountain Livelihoods: Wild Mushrooms as Economic and Recreational Resources in the Greater Mekong

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Cited by 15 publications

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Wild Edible Fruits: A Systematic Review of an Under-Researched Multifunctional NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Product)

Wild Edible Fruits: A Systematic Review of an Under-Researched Multifunctional NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Product)

Native Forests Have a Higher Diversity of Macrofungi Than Comparable Plantation Forests in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Recolección de hongos comestibles silvestres en el contexto del pastoreo de alta montaña en la localidad de Agua Blanca en el Nevado de Toluca, México

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