Andrea Pieroni, PhD University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, ItalyCassandra L. Quave, PhDEmory University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Center for the Study of Human Health, Atlanta, GA, USA

• Ethnobotany in the Balkans: Quo Vadis?.- Ways the Lukomir Highlanders of Bosnia and Herzegovina Treat Diabetes.- Hungarian Ethnobotanical Studies in Romania.- Bulgarian Medical Ethnobotany: The Power of Plants in Pragmatic and Poetic Frames.- Cross-Cultural Ethnobotany of the Sharr Mountains (North-Western Macedonia).- An Ethnobotanical and Ethnomedicinal Study on the Use of Wild Medicinal Plants in Rural Areas of Serbia.- Medical Ethnobotanical Studies in Kosovo.- Wild Food Plants of Dalmatia (Croatia).- The Use of Wild Plants for Human Nutrition During a War: Eastern Bosnia (Western Balkans).- Wild Food and Medicinal Plants Used in the Mountainous Albanian North, North-East, and East: A Comparison.- Medicinal Plants in Northern Montenegro: Traditional Knowledge, Quality, and Resources.- Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Traditional Use of Plants in Serbia in Relation to Sustainable Rural Development.

"The book offers a panoramic view of Balkan ethnobotany with a precise focus on post-conflict ecology, landscapes affected by contemporary urbanization, and targeted solutions for bioconservation and economic sustainability. It is required reading for scholars in any discipline who study the Balkan peninsula and would certainly belong in libraries ... ." (Taylor Walker, Economic Botany, Vol. 70 (1), 2016)