Equity and Wild-Harvested Plants webinar: Building Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
May 2021 - Join us on May 20 to discuss what it takes to create and maintain mutually beneficial long term trade relations among those wild-harvesting plants for the global supply network, including equitable sharing of the costs of sustainable production.
Our latest webinar will be co-hosted with the American Botanical Council's (ABC) Sustainable Herbs Program. Panel guests will talk about what these relationships entail, the responsibilities of buyers, the role of standards and certifications like FairWild, and the challenges and opportunities of empowering producers to have more of a voice in developing and maintaining these relationships.
The webinar will be facilitated by Ann Armbrecht (PhD), Director of ABC's Sustainable Herbs Programme. Speakers include: Marin Anastasov, Sourcing Manager at Pukka Herbs; Peter Rangus, Business Development Manager of Arxfarm, Slovenia; Jayant Sarnaik, Co-Founder of India's Applied Environmental Research Foundation; and Bryony Morgan, Executive Officer of the FairWild Foundation. Guest discussants include: Krystyna Swiderska, Principal Researcher in IIED’s Natural Resources Group, and Elizabeth Bennett, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Lewis & Clark College.