Public perceptions of climate and land use drivers of medicinal plant availability in Czech forests: A national survey-based study

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F25%3A103574" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/25:103574 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934125001893?pes=vor&utm_source=clarivate&getft_integrator=clarivate" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934125001893?pes=vor&utm_source=clarivate&getft_integrator=clarivate</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103610" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103610</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Public perceptions of climate and land use drivers of medicinal plant availability in Czech forests: A national survey-based study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Medicinal plants are vital to forest ecosystem services, contributing to biodiversity, public health, and rural livelihoods. In the Czech Republic, the perceived availability of these resources is increasingly threatened by climate change and land use change. This study explores key environmental drivers perceived by the public to affect the availability of medicinal plants and examines forest owners' adoption of management strategies to sustain these resources. Based on a national perception-based survey of 1500 respondents, including 53 forest owners, regression and descriptive statistical methods were employed to examine reported environmental drivers and management strategies. The findings reveal that climate change and excessive chemical use are widely perceived as major stressors associated with the reduced availability of medicinal plants. However, only 45 % of surveyed forest owners reported adopting formal management strategies, leaving substantial forest areas at risk from environmental pressures perceived to threaten medicinal plant resources. Among those implementing measures, forest restoration, organic agriculture, landscape protection, and pest control were the most implemented. Broader conservation schemes such as Natura 2000 were underutilised. These perception-based insights highlight the need for targeted policy interventions, including financial incentives, technical support, and education, to enhance forest owners' implementation of sustainable practices and support the long-term conservation of medicinal plant resources in Czech forests. Engaging the general public through education and participatory conservation efforts is also essential, given their key role in shaping demand and supporting forest protection.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Public perceptions of climate and land use drivers of medicinal plant availability in Czech forests: A national survey-based study

Popis výsledku anglicky

Medicinal plants are vital to forest ecosystem services, contributing to biodiversity, public health, and rural livelihoods. In the Czech Republic, the perceived availability of these resources is increasingly threatened by climate change and land use change. This study explores key environmental drivers perceived by the public to affect the availability of medicinal plants and examines forest owners' adoption of management strategies to sustain these resources. Based on a national perception-based survey of 1500 respondents, including 53 forest owners, regression and descriptive statistical methods were employed to examine reported environmental drivers and management strategies. The findings reveal that climate change and excessive chemical use are widely perceived as major stressors associated with the reduced availability of medicinal plants. However, only 45 % of surveyed forest owners reported adopting formal management strategies, leaving substantial forest areas at risk from environmental pressures perceived to threaten medicinal plant resources. Among those implementing measures, forest restoration, organic agriculture, landscape protection, and pest control were the most implemented. Broader conservation schemes such as Natura 2000 were underutilised. These perception-based insights highlight the need for targeted policy interventions, including financial incentives, technical support, and education, to enhance forest owners' implementation of sustainable practices and support the long-term conservation of medicinal plant resources in Czech forests. Engaging the general public through education and participatory conservation efforts is also essential, given their key role in shaping demand and supporting forest protection.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

40102 - Forestry

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Forest Policy and Economics

ISSN

1389-9341

e-ISSN

1389-9341

Svazek periodika

179

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2025

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

1-13

Kód UT WoS článku

001569415400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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