19, 21, 22 October 2010

Convention on Biological Diversity-CoP10 event

TRAFFIC seminar on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Presentation
発表資料

Saving Plants that Save Lives
地球の薬箱を救え！

Presenter: Anastasiya Timoshyna(TRAFFIC)Towards sustainable use of wild
plants:FairWild Standard
Anastasiya Timoshyna
TRAFFICCBD CoP‐10

Background: Wild collection
Æ Growing demand for wild collected
products: pressure on species andecosystems
Æ Collection areas often in marginalized
regions with poor collectors

Challenges

THREATS~ Unsustainableagriculture andforestry practices~ Urbanization~ Pollution~ Land‐use changes~ Invasive and alienspecies~ Climate changeÆ Ensure conservation of natural resources and establish
sustainable management systems
Æ Introduce social accountability for sustainable developmentof the collection region and equitable sharing of benefits
from resources use

Medicinal plants
 Used:~17,000 species well‐
documented~60,000 plant species
used globally Traded:~3,000 species
internationally Commercially Cultivated:
Resource under pressure
only ~900 species

30 ‐ 45% of medicinal plant species world‐wide
may be threatenedwith extinction in the wild.
F.BarschMedicinal plants
Estimation of wild collection

Photo: Yan Zhijian(70)‐90% in terms of species
numbers50‐(70%) in terms of quantity

9 Most MAP species are
now – and will continue
to be – wild collected!

MAKE WILD COLLECTION AND TRADESUSTAINABLE!
Photo: B. Pätzold

9 Cultivation cannot be theprincipal solution to over‐harvesting!

Average annual volumes and values for 1991 – 2003
Credit: Dagmar Lange
Country of Quantity
Value Country of Quantity
Value
import[tonnes][x1000 US$] export [tonnes][x1000 US$]

Hong Kong
59,950
USA51,200
Japan
46,450Germany
44,750Rep. Korea
33,500France
21,800China
15,550Italy
11,950
Pakistan
10,650Spain
9,850
United Kingdom 7,950
Malaysia
7,050

Total

263,484
139,380
131,031
104,457
49,88951,97541,60243,007
9,813
27,65029,551
38,685

320,550 930,524

China
Hong Kong
India
MexicoGermanyUSA
Egypt
Bulgaria
Chile
MoroccoAlbania
Singapore

150,600
55,00040,40037,60015,10013,05011,80010,300
9.850
8,500
8,050
7,950

266,038
201,02161,665
14,257
68,243
104,572
13,476
14,35526,352
13,685
11,69352,620

Total

368,100

847,980

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FairWild and relevant frameworks

Marketdriven
require‐ments

Ecological

Health andsafety
GACP

SocialQuality

Legis‐
lationPolicyFairWild Foundation’s mission
The FairWild Foundation aims to provide aworldwide framework for implementing
a sustainable, fair and value‐adding
management and trading system forwild‐collected natural ingredients andproducts thereof

Uniqueness of FairWild
9 FairWild Standard fills in gaps in existing frameworks
for verification of sustainable wild collection
9 FairWild Standard offers a set of comprehensivesocial, ecological and quality requirements
9 FairWild Standard is a universal instrument, globallyapplicable in different scenarios

FairWild Foundation Partners

Basis of FairWild Standard
Global framework that verifies ecological, social andeconomic sustainability of wild collected ingredientsand products.
The FairWild Standard builds on two initiatives:
Social andquality
requirements

andEcological andquality
requirements

FairWild Standard Scope
1. Products collected from the wild (nuts, seeds, wildfruits, medicinal and aromatic plants, essential oils,fatty oils, spices, honey, mushrooms, etc.)

2. Raw materials to finished products
3. Products containing FairWild ingredients

FairWild Standard Implementation
Scenarios
1. Voluntary Codes of Practice, internal Standards (e.g.
companies, associations, donors)
2. Local, regional and national Resource ManagementSchemes

3. Legal frameworks and Policies (e.g. conservation,
trade policy, other regulations)
4. Certification (FairWild Label)FairWild approach and CBD• FWS offers a set of principles and criteria toverify sustainable and fair sourcing practices ofplants from the wild
– Helps achieve Targets 3, 11, 12, 13 of GSPC

• FWS offers a tool for achieving equitable
sharing of benefits from wild resources use• Sustainable management of wild plantresources in contexts of mountain diversity,
agrobiodiversity

FairWild and GSPC
• Recommend the use of FairWild Guidelines
for governments, companies and otherstakeholders to verify sustainable and ethicalsourcing of plants from the wild
• Promote the inclusion of FairWild Standard
Guidelines for socially and environmentally
sustainable use of wild plant resources into
GSPC toolkit• Encourage stronger partnerships with theprivate sector (Target 12)

FairWild and ABS• Principles of FairWild Standard include ABSelements (implemented in practice)• FairWild Standard as the tool to introduce
equitable sharing of benefits from resourceuse (instrumental support)

Where do we work?
FWF Secretariat (UK)FWF HEADQUARTERS(CH)

AZERBAIJANGEORGIAKAZAKHSTANUZBEKISTANNEPALFRANCE
MACEDONIA
CROATIAARMENIAPOLANDBOSNIA‐HERZEGOVINAHUNGARY
CAMBODIA
INDIA

GHANA
BRAZILLESOTHO

CHINA

SOUTH
AFRICA+ business sector engagement

FairWild implementation projects: practicalverification

How can you get involved?
through Certification; Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR); Voluntary Codes ofPractice, projects, Financial support• Organizations through strategic Partnership (internal(IGOs, NGOs,policies/Codes of Ethics, on projectbase)
MEAs)• Governmental through Cooperation (e.g. on CITES NDF;
integration into legal frameworks,institutions
national biodiversity, resource
management strategies)• Companies

A fair deal for people and wildcollected plants involves us all!
Welcoming feedback and cooperation!
www.traffic.org
www.fairwild.org
Email: info@fairwild.org

• SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDES FURTHER

Certification: FairWild Standard
application process ‐ I
1. Compliance with FWS criteria:
QUA
LIT
Y

99999999

Maintaining wild plant resources
Preventing negative environmental impacts
Complying with laws, regulations, and agreements
Respecting customary rights and benefit sharing
Promoting fair contractual relationships between operators and collectors
Limiting participation of children in wild collection activities
Ensuring benefits for collectors and their communities
Ensuring fair working conditions for all workers of FairWild collection
operations
9 Applying responsible management practices
9 Applying responsible business practices
9 Promoting FairWild buyer commitment

Certification: FairWild Standard
application process ‐ II
2. On‐site inspection (FairWild audit) bycertification body, based on
resource assessment
management plansustainable collection practices
cost calculation along the supply chain
traceability of goods and finances
documented fair trading practices

First FAIRWILD® certified products are on market since 2009
and certified raw materials are available