Meet the Jatamansi producers: a new webinar to learn more about FairWild in Nepal

March 2021 - For the past three years, FairWild has been a collaborating partner on a Darwin Initiative funded project in Nepal helping local harvesters of Jatamansi—a plant used in aromatherapy, cosmetics, and food—to boost their income by increasing the value of their product through sustainable harvesting, improving their international market access and clarifying legal issues around the trade.

Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi, syn. N. grandiflora) is one of Nepal’s most commercially valuable and utilised species: between 100–500 tonnes of rhizomes are harvested from high-altitude Himalayan regions every year. At least 15,000 people across the Himalayan region depend on Jatamansi harvesting for 25% of their annual income.

Yet local income generation has been held back by factors such as low rates of value addition, a lack of direct access to international markets (in particular, those favouring sustainable supply chains), as well as an unclear legal situation around its international trade.

A three year Darwin Initiative funded project, Succeeding with CITES: Sustainable and equitable Jatamansi trade from Nepal, has been helping address these challenges, to produce a win-win-win situation for Jatamansi, Nepali harvesters and end users in the aromatherapy, cosmetics, and food sectors.

As this project draws to a close, join the FairWild Foundation, ANSAB, TRAFFIC International, ProFound and special guests of Nepali Jatamansi producers on a “meet the producers” webinar. Joined by Himalayan BioTrade Ltd. and a number of other producer companies in Nepal, we will explore the realities of Jatamansi harvesting and processing in the country.

Join us on Thursday 18 March at 9am EST / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET / 7.45pm NPT to learn more about:

  • Why Jatamansi is such an important product in Nepal

  • Efforts to improve sustainability and local benefits

  • The role of FairWild in enhancing sustainability

  • An introduction to a selection of Jatamansi producers involved in the project

Registration for the webinar is now closed - if you missed it, watch the recording below!

If you have any questions get in touch with us via secretariat@fairwild.org.

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

About the Darwin Initiative

The Darwin Initiative is a UK government programme with a focus on biodiversity projects.

 
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