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Arnica Conservation Romania
This project developed by WWF and the Apuseni Mountains community groups in Romania and originally funded by the DARWIN Initiative, was set up to develop a model for the sustainable production and trade of Arnica montana resulting in benefits for biodiversity and livelihoods which could be used to develop models for other medicinal plants and their habitats. The project. The project succeeded in developing and implementing arnica management plans, training harvesters and farmers in sustainable harvesting and drying techniques, agreements with companies on sustainable sourcing, and raising awareness of the benefits of sustainable harvesting among harvesters, farmers, government agencies, companies and academics.
FAIRWILD
The FairWild Foundation was established in 2008 to promote the sustainable use of wild collected ingredients, with a fair deal for all those involved throughout the supply chain. Wild plant as used as ingredients for food, cosmetics, medicinal products are under threat from major ecological and social challenges. The FairWild Foundation promotes the FairWild Standard and a certification system for sustainable management and collection of wild plants, which is based in part on the International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP).
IUCN Medicinal Plants Specialist Group
This is a global network of specialists from within IUCN (the World Conservation Union) and from organisations across the world, which exists to increase global awareness of conservation threats to medicinal plants and to promote sustainable use and conservation action.
ISSC-MAP- International Standard for the Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
This standard was developed through a process of consultation by The German Federal Agency for Nature Protection (BfN), IUCN Medicinal Plants Specialist Group, TRAFFIC and WWF . The current standard is available to be used by collectors, resource managers, and companies now being used by the FairWild Foundation as part of its standard and certification system.