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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our farm is .National Organic Program (N.O.P
) certified wild crops and this conference is of great
interest. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are few protocols in
wild crop harvest, especially in our N.O.P. guidelines. The 101 issues for us on
restoration vrs cultivation per certification. There is a huge problem with
keeping invaises out of our forest. I want to enhance biodiversity without
losing our "wild crop" classification.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are also working on creating a network for farms
interested in wild crop potential and cooperative product development. If anyone
on the list is going to the conference, we like to network with you. There does
not seem to be much of a bridge between the NOP and the conservation/restoration
community even though organic standards require biodivesity considerations.
(See, Wild Farm Alliance for conservation/biodiversity considerations).
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ALSO, if there is a herbalist working with floral
waters and hydrosol on the list, we would like to talk to you about our native
plant hydrosols. I have started working with them on this page: <A
href="http://www.pinenut.com//wild_flower_hydrosols.htm">http://www.pinenut.com//wild_flower_hydrosols.htm</A>.
One of our targets is to cooperatively produce these products with other small
farmer and organic farmers who have set aside woodlands to fill their
biodiversity requirments.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All ideas and input is welcome.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Penny Frazier<BR>Goods From The Woods</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.pinenut.com">www.pinenut.com</A> </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Patricia_DeAngelis@fws.gov
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org">mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [MPWG] Fw: Sustainable wild
collection of plants - workshop at IFOAM Conference May 2006</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Below is an announcement for an upcoming workshop
of sustainable wild collection. </FONT>
<DIV><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>- - - - - </FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Background to the workshop: This workshop is part of the still ongoing
development process of the ISSC-MAP, which is being implemented by the
Medicinal Plant Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), WWF
Germany and TRAFFIC, and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
(BfN). So far the draft ISSC-MAP has been discussed and tested for its
applicability in several field projects.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Trade in “organic” wild products is becoming more
and more important, not only within the food sector but also in the personal
health care and the medicinal herb sector. These sectors overlap as one
species is often used for several end products. Currently available
certification criteria or standards addressing wild collection, as for example
organic certification schemes, often do not provide sufficient guidance to
ensure the long term survival of wild populations. The International Standard
for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP)
aims to provide this guidance in form of a set of principles and criteria that
can be applied to the management of medicinal and aromatic plant species and
their ecosystems. It could also serve as a basic tool for audit and
certification of wild collection in the organic sector. </FONT>
<DIV><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>- - - - - </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear colleagues,</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><BR>We are happy to announce our workshop<B> "Sustainable
Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Workshop on implementation
strategies for the international standard</B>". This meeting will take place
on May 5th in Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a side event to the 1st IFOAM
Conference on Organic Wild Production.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The meeting addresses practitioners active in the
collection, management, trade and processing of wild plants, with focus on
South-Eastern Europe: communities, buyers, processors and users of plants,
developers of standards and certifications systems, governmental and
intergovernmental organisations in the sectors and service providers to any of
these groups.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aim of the event is to involve practitioners active
in the collection, trade and processing of wild plants in the development of
concrete implementation strategies for wild collection criteria, which are
adapted to their working and market situations.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please find attached further information and the
registration form.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>For
background information please visit our project website </FONT><A
href="http://www.floraweb.de/MAP-pro/"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><U>http://www.floraweb.de/MAP-pro/</U></FONT></A><FONT size=3>
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>or </FONT><A
href="http://www.ifoam.org/events/ifoam_conferences/ISSC_MAP_Workshop.html"><FONT
face=Arial color=blue
size=2><U>http://www.ifoam.org/events/ifoam_conferences/ISSC_MAP_Workshop.html</U></FONT></A>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please forward this announcement to other
interested individuals and organisations.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are looking forward to meeting you in
Teslic.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Britta Pätzold</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Biodiversity, Species Conservation and
TRAFFIC<BR>WWF Germany<BR>Rebstöckerstr. 55<BR>60326 Frankfurt/M.<BR>phone: 0
69/7 91 44-1 22<BR>fax: 0 69/61 72 21<BR>mail: paetzold@wwf.de<BR>Internet:
</FONT><A href="file://www.wwf.de/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=blue
size=3><U>www.wwf.de</U></FONT></A><FONT color=blue
size=3><U><BR></U></FONT><A href="http://www.wwf.de/Heilpflanzen/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=blue
size=3><U>http://www.wwf.de/Heilpflanzen/</U></FONT></A>
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