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International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP)
Title: International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP)
Title abbreviated: ISSC-MAP
Title alternative: Internationaler Standard für die nachhaltige Wildsammlung von Heil- und Aromapflanzen (ISSC-MAP)
Identifier: http://www.floraweb.de/map-pro/
Creator: Medicinal Plant Specialist Group
Publisher: Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Abstract: An estimated 50,000 - 70,000 plant species are used in traditional and modern medicine throughout the world. The great majority of medicinal and aromatic plant (MAP) species used today are collected from the wild. Unfortunately, available information suggests that up to 15,000 MAP species could be threatened, many as a direct result of unsustainable collection practices. Industry, governments, organic certifiers, resource managers and collectors are concerned about declining MAP populations and supplies, and are asking for a means to assess whether wild collection is sustainable. Consumers also want evidence that products are produced sustainably and ethically. ISSC-MAP has been developed to meet this need, and is the product of wide consultation with these and other stakeholder groups. [Information of the supplier, modified]
Subject: Beneficial plants (581.63);
Medicine and health (610)
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Audience: Intermediate; Experts
Language: English
Format: website
Resource type: Discipline based websites
Access: free
Metadata update date: 2007-08-28
Metadata provider: UBFfm
URL of this vifabio-resource: http://www.vifabio.de/en/iqfBio/detail/3076
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