The FairWild Foundation works to protect vulnerable wild #plant species through #sustainable harvesting frameworks & certification.
Cambridge, England
Joined June 2017
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What are the perspectives through which people relate to nature? Why are they important?🌿🙏
@ipbes #ValuesAssessment presents 4 general perspectives to make new typology of values useful for decision-making. These are: living from, with, in & as nature
ipbes.net/the-values-assessm…
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Nice summary of the #WeUseWild Forum on wild plant ingredients with @TRAFFIC_WLTrade, @fairwild @EthicalBioTrade and others. Features suggestions on improving collaboration in the sector traffic.org/publications/rep…
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Have you ever noticed the buds on the trees in winter? I can’t get enough of them 😮💨🤌
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"Investment in Indigenous leadership & knowledge systems is key to our survival. Let's invest in what's proven to work—nature. Indigenous people in 🇨🇦 have demonstrated the desire to exercise their responsibility where they have rights. It's an example for the world" @StevenNitah
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It's FOOD DAY 🍎 at @UNBiodiversity #COP15!
A great lineup of events at Rio Convention Pavilion, focusing on transforming our #foodsystems to reverse #biodiversity loss and achieve #foodsecurity #SDGs #UNited4Land 🍏
More info: riopavilion.org/cbd-cop15-mo…
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#CITESCoP19 decided to further review the pilot World Wildlife Trade Report to assess if such a report should be prepared regularly to better inform Parties in their implementation of the Convention.
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Based on insight from the CITES Tree Species Programme (CTSP), Parties agreed yesterday to increase their focus on studies that make sure that use of Agarwood - one of the most expensive woods in the world - is more sustainable.
#CITESCoP19 #WorldWildlifeConference #ForNature
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As governments consider trade measures for some wild species at #CITESCoP19, it is good to highlight the beneficial trade in wild species such as Combretum Micranthum, a wild plant from West Africa used as a cure-all remedy.
Read more: www0.sun.ac.za/awei/posts/af…
#WildlifeEconomy
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We are underway! #CITESCoP19 opened this morning. 600 species being looked at: sharks, turtles, fish, elephants, rhino, hippos, lizards, songbirds, frogs, orchids & 200 tree species + decisions on CITES' part in combatting zoonotic diseases & biological/genetic modified specimens
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The Chair of the CITES Standing Committee, Carolina Caceres, is stepping down after completing her 6 year term. She is the 1st woman to have done the job and was the 1st to chair an online meeting. She has done an outstanding job for CITES and for #conservation
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It's finally here! Our 'one stop shop' website for learning about the risks and opportunities of wild plant ingredients, found throughout our everyday products.
INTRODUCING: The #WildCheck Platform 🖥️🌿
An online knowledge and collaboration platform offering objective insights and advice on sourcing wild ingredients to support business, investment, and policy scoping, as well as consumer education
FairWild Foundation retweeted
"We are using the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain our lifestyles."
In India this week, @antonioguterres underlined the urgency to transform economic systems by living sustainably and reducing environmental footprints #ForPeopleForPlanet.
More: bit.ly/3DictsA
FairWild Foundation retweeted
Everyday foods and cosmetics use wild plants. Many of these are threatened with extinction and their harvest can damage the environment and local populations. Labels such as @fairwild can help you make the right choices. See our @TRAFFIC_WLTrade report 👇on.natgeo.com/3R9yJcW
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According to @WHO, 80% of Africa’s population relies on traditional #medicine for their basic health needs. Read how we're striving to ensure trade in one of South Africa's most important medicinal plants can continue:
➡️ bit.ly/3wMkhiL
#AfricanTraditionalMedicineDay
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👏🎉 The Sunkpa Shea Women's Cooperative in 🇬🇭 have won the @UNDP #EquatorPrize for creating a #sustainable & inclusive shea butter value chain! bit.ly/3AhrGZs
🌱 Discover other wild plants with potential to transform societies & nature: bit.ly/3MiM4fW
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The @IUCNfungi is pleased to partner with @fairwild for helping to open their certification scheme to wild fungi.
We look forward to contributing technical expertise to this initiative. For fungi, for people.
@IUCNSULi @IUCNssc fairwild.org/news/2021/10/07…
FairWild Foundation retweeted
DYK? Follow @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @fairwild @EthicalBioTrade @BioTradeGroup @IUCNSULi @FAO @IUCNssc to learn about work to help ensure that trade is sustainable! We need more concerted action around this - please check the WildCheck report bit.ly/3uXUPWv #weusewild – at Cambridge, England
🤔💭#DidYouKnow that the trade in wild plants, algae & fungi is increasing for...
🍄food
💊medicine
💅hygiene
🔥energy &
✨ornamental use
📖More in @IPBES #SustainableUse Assessment: bit.ly/IPBES_SUA
