[MPWG] Film release: Numen: The Healing Power of Plants

Thu Jul 11 19:27:40 CDT 2013

Hi All,
I think this is a great discussion and UpS has supported the Numen project and many other film right now that are sharing this important message of reconnecting and awareness. I of course agree with all the comments and resources mentioned, and I love the fairwild and Traditional Medicinal's role in supporting this program and encouraging other companies to follow. UpS with its at-risk list has also been effective in consumer education and awareness here in North America. There is a major disconnect as discussed and also a re-emergence of people reconnecting and the encouragement of Botanical Sanctuaries is a timely piece to this solution to address the rapid loss of wild sourced botanicals and critical genetic diversity of medicinals and in UpS's case we highlight specifically a red zone in regards to the rich Appalachian forest dwelling medicinals. UpS has a network now of over 100 private sanctuaries across the country and the Goldenseal sanctuary is now apart of the sacred seed global network of medicinal plant sanctuaries.... It so great to hear so many thoughtful responses from various agencies and individuals and I highlight GLOBAL voices as well. UpS has an at-risk ranking tool that has been in the works now for many years, we presented this tool at the Ethnobiology Conference in Denton Texas, May 2013, below is a link to a brief article.  We will soon be posting this tool on our website this fall in hopes it will be used by agencies, classrooms, and companies to help evaluate medicinal plants of concern in regards to over harvesting and help determine those species we should be prioritizing protecting critical habitat and encouraging botanical sanctuaries. Thank you all on this list for your efforts towards the conservation of the peoples medicine...

http://www.unitedplantsavers.org/content.php/441-At-Risk-Tool-presented-in-Texas!

Susan Leopold, PhD
Executive Director, UpS
susan at unitedplantsavers.org

On Jul 11, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Anastasiya Timoshyna wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> Patricia, many thanks for drawing attention to the FairWild Standard and the history of ISSC-MAP in the message around the launch of Numen: the Healing Power of Plants movie (congratulations for it!).
> 
> I wanted to briefly clarify that FairWild Standard (www.fairwild.org/standard), while used for third-party certification, is also recognized and used as the best practice in sustainable wild harvesting and fair trade to develop resource management policies, update legislation, support community management of wild collection, and develop companies internal supply chain policies/codes of conduct. It is also included as the best practice tool to support the delivery of selected Targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) of Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD), and was used to support the formulation of the Non-Detriment Findings under CITES.
> 
> The support to the development of FairWild Standard, and its uptake through companies sourcing, community and government resource management, is in the core of TRAFFIC’s Medicinal and Aromatic Plants programme (see more here http://www.traffic.org/medicinal-plants), delivered through a number of regional offices in both source  and consumer countries globally. Here’s the link to some of the latest news on FairWild development: http://www.traffic.org/home/category/plants-medicinal-and-aromatic. In the US, it is now possible to find teas with the FairWild mark in the local drugstores, courtesy of Traditional Medicinals (http://www.traditionalmedicinals.com/sustainable-sourcing#fair_wild), and we hope others will follow! 
> 
> Do let me know if you have any questions about FairWild Standard and TRAFFIC’s work ensuring wild plants are harvested and traded sustainably. And congratulations once again on movie launch!
> 
> Best regards, 
> Nastya
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> Anastasiya Timoshyna
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> TRAFFIC International
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> On 11 July 2013 14:52, De Angelis, Patricia <patricia_deangelis at fws.gov> wrote:
> A listserve member posed this very important question to me in a follow-up to my post yesterday about the new film, Numen: The Healing Power of Plants. 
> 
> THE QUESTION:  How is plant conservation addressed in the film?
> 
> THE ANSWER, FROM THE CO-PRODUCER OF THE FILM, Ann Armbrecht: 
> 
> "There is a longer version of the film that focuses on the business of herbs, key questions to ask in purchasing herbal products, and the importance of being aware of where they come from, how they are grown and harvested and that leads into a discussion of United Plant Savers. We have removed that section in this version mostly because the film was just too long. But also because we no longer felt we could do justice to the business of herbal products, which is a huge, complex and extremely mixed industry in a 10 min section of a longer film. We chose to focus more on the relationship with plants, emphasis on growing your own medicine, etc and not the herbal industry/products per se. I know that doesn't really address the question, except that that would be an entirely different film. We are going to add this section from the original film w/business of herbs and the section on UpS as stand alone sections on our website as soon as we can get around to it."
> 
> I WOULD ADD: 
> 
> The Numen website points you toward additional information on sustainability. On the page titled, the "Business of Herbalism," see the section on Social and Ecological Sustainability with a link to the International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (http://www.numenfilm.com/issues-business-of-herbalism.php). 
> 
> The ISSC Map was developed by a cadre of excellent medicinal plant experts from across the world, including the IUCN-Medicinal Plant Specialist Group, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, the World Wildlife Fund Germany and TRAFFIC, and Traditional Medicinals (http://www.floraweb.de/map-pro/decisionboard.html).
> 
> The ISSC-MAP was adopted by the FairWild Foundation, created in 2008, which certifies that products with the FairWild label are legally and sustainably sourced and fairly traded (http://www.fairwild.org/).
> 
> I hope this helps. Thank you for the question.
> 
> 
> Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
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> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:54 PM, De Angelis, Patricia <patricia_deangelis at fws.gov> wrote:
> Please see the message below about a gorgeous film that is being released called, Numen: The Healing Power of Plants.  It is a welcome arrival for those of us who believe in the power of plants, highlighting several major concepts that demonstrate the relevance of medicinal plants to our everyday lives and to our future.  It features an array of our best known and most beloved medicinal plant experts. The producers have indicated that all sales are currently slated to support the further dissemination of the film so that they may bring the information to wider audiences.  
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> Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
> Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service-International Affairs
> Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
> 4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
> Arlington, VA  22203
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> FAX: 703-358-2276
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