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FairWild Standard

The current FairWild Standard (version 2.0) was developed through a combination of an original FairWild Standard, dealing with social aspects, and the International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection (ISSC-MAP) dealing with ecological aspects.

Note: The FairWild Foundation makes every effort to ensure accuracy of translation, but some discrepancies may remain. The English version should be used as the reference in the case of any differences in meaning. Feedback on translation errors can be sent to the FairWild Foundation Secretariat.

FairWild Standard, Version 2.0 (August 2010) (PDF, 0.45 - 1.6 MB)

Available in: English, Armenian, Azeri, Bosnia & Herzegovina, French, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

FairWild Standard, Version 2.0 Performance Indicators (August 2010) (PDF, 0.4 - 1.5 MB)

Available in: English, Bosnia & Herzegovina, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Earlier versions leading up to its development can be found here, and an explanation of the major changes introduced in Version 2.0 here (PDF, 100 KB).

Implementation guidance documents:

A number of implementation guidance documents have been produced during projects piloting the FairWild Standard and its precursor, ISSC-MAP, in selected countries worldwide. In order to make documents available as soon as possible, some have been published in working draft format. Your feedback on these documents is welcomed, and will help inform revisions to improve the documents.

ISSC-MAP Resource Assessment guidance document (DRAFT: PDF, 1.1 MB)

ISSC-MAP Management Planning guidance document (DRAFT: PDF, 800 KB)

FairWild Guidance Manual for Social and Fair Trade Aspects (DRAFT NOV 2012: PDF, 0.4 MB)

IMO Manual for Sustainable Wild Collection Practices (PDF, 2.1 MB)

IMO Manual for Developing and Implementing an Internal Control System (PDF, 1.9 MB)

IMO Manual for Quality Assurance (PDF, 1.6 MB)

IMO Manual for Management Planning & Resource Assessment for Low Risk Species [under revision]

IMO Monographs for Selected Wild Plants from the Caucasus (PDF, 3.2 MB)

Minimum requirements for certification:

An overview of the minimum requirements that collection operations must meet in order to be FairWild-certified (FairWild Standard version 2.0).

Minimum requirements for FairWild-certified operators (PDF, 100 KB)

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