Özet:

Since its existence, the human being has used the plants in a variety of ways to meet their needs. There are more than 10,000 species of wild plants consumed as food worldwide. Turkey has a rich flora thanks to its soil and climate diversity and is thus the genetic center of many plants. In particular, wild plants, which are the main materials of the pharmaceutical and food industry, can also be used as food and have different distribution and use in our country. Although our country is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of plant biological diversity, it is faced with a decline in biological diversity due to various negative reasons. According to the World Natural Resources Conservation Association, the world is 15. Nearly a thousand species of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction. 13% of the total flora in the world is estimated to be extinct every day. In these plants, 22-47 percent of the generation is at risk of extinction. Sustainable management of these riches in the nature of natural resources is increasing importance over the day. Every day, three species of plants and animals are extinct. In the last century, the world has lost 30,000 species of plants. Many of the exported plants that are traditionally consumed from these wild plants that grow on their own in natural flora, used for medical purposes, are still obtained by collecting from nature. Therefore, the species of plants that are exported and supplied to the domestic market by continuous collection from nature are increasingly disappearing. With all this in mind, it is necessary to take the necessary measures to prevent the extinction of the generation of wild plants, which are a natural and genetic wealth in our country and in the world, and to ensure that this wealth can be fully transmitted to future generations, and to create a awareness of this.