Ha Noi , Viet Nam, 9th April 2012—TRAFFIC in co-ordination with the Bac Kan Forest Protection Department (FPD), has launched its first project in Viet Nam to protect plants that rural communities rely upon for traditional medicine.
Read MoreMay 8 - The FairWild Standard Version 2.0 - Fair trade for wild collected plant products: a novelty? Join us for a Webinar on May 8.
Read MoreApril 5 2012 - An introduction to the FairWild Standard Version 2.0 - Sustainable management practices for wild collected plants.
Read MoreMarch 2 2012 - More than 80 participants attended a special event organized by the Institute of Marketecology (IMO) and the FairWild Foundation during BioFach 2012 entitled “Wild thing: I think I love you…Wild Plants and the Herbal Industry.”
Read MoreBangalore, Karnataka, India, 9th February 2012—Representatives from leading herbal companies in Japan are visiting India this week as part of a drive to promote responsible and sustainable trade in medicinal and aromatic plants between the two countries.
Read MoreDecember 2011: The FairWild Standard has been included in a study on Standards and Certification Schemes, authored by authored by experts from the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and published as part of the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Technical Series.
Read MoreNovember 24 2011 - A pilot project in the South Caucasus has demonstrated how implementation of the FairWild Standard can improve the quality and sustainability of plant products from Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Read MoreFrankfurt, Germany, 21st November 2011—Liquorice has been selected as “Medicinal plant of the year 2012” because of its paramount importance to human well-being world-wide.
Read MoreNovember 17 2011 - Japan is one of the world's main importers and consumers of plant resources. Many plant-derived products and ingredients can be found on the Japanese market: in traditional Kampo medicines, aromatics, cosmetics, spices and herbal teas.
Read MoreOctober 2011—A joint WWF, TRAFFIC and IUCN project on sustainable use of medicinal plants in China’s Upper Yangtze Ecoregion has received an “Outstanding Contribution Award” from the Chinese State Ministry of Environmental Protection, EU-China Biodiversity Programme (ECBP), Ministry of Commerce and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Read MoreToyama, Japan, 19th October 2011—more than 60 international medicinal plant experts met this week in Toyama, the centre of traditional medicine and pharmaceutical production in Japan, to agree guidelines on conservation of medicinal plants.
Read MoreSeptember 13 2011 - The FairWild Foundation notes the passing of renowned pharmacognosist and internationally-respected medicinal plant research expert, Norman R. Farnsworth, PhD, who died on September 10 at a Chicago hospital.
Read MoreUniversity of Goettingen, Germany, 15th September 2011 - High-value chains in conjunction with the production of higher-value and differentiated agricultural and forest products in emerging and developing countries for the markets of industrialized countries are the subjects of this event.
Read MoreTokyo, Japan 24 June 2011—TRAFFIC has launched a new project to promote sustainable production and consumption of wild medicinal and aromatic plants traditionally used in Japan, based around application of the FairWild Standard.
Read MoreBudapest, Hungary, 23rd May 2011–The FairWild Standard will be used within the recently launched project to gather information about the use, harvest and traditional importance of wild plants and their significance in the cultural heritage of Eastern Europe.
Read More14 May 2011 - FairWild Foundation today joins millions of small producers, artisans, farmers and small-hold manufacturers, Fair Trade producers, traders and consumers in celebrating World Fair Trade Day.
Read MoreApril 2011: Alkaloid AD has launched four new herbal teas in its GOOD NATURE range. The teas are made of FairWild certified nettle, rosehip, elderflower and linden blossom ingredients, harvested and processed in an ecologically sustainable and socially fair manner conforming to the FairWild Standard.
Read MoreYokohama, Japan, 21st December 2010—The application of sustainable harvesting standards for wild forest biodiversity should be promoted, a key timber meeting in Japan this week was told.
Read MoreOctober 2010: The Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has issued a call for applications for funding for meetings of two Intersessional Working Groups, on Traditional Knowledge and on Genetic Resources, which were established by the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.
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