A large number of the medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) on the market come from wild collection and some of them are being overexploited or exploited without following proper practices. Establishing an adequate management could maintain the use of some species without compromising their conservation and obtain a benefit for the rural community.
In order to collect, it is necessary to evaluate the situation of that species in the place where it is going to be collected to estimate if it can be considered a “resource” or not, and to do it following an adequate methodology.
Methodology to assess the situation of a medicinal and aromatic plant species to apply a sustainable management in a specific context
- Category: Aromatic & Medicinal Plants
- Themes: Forest management considering biodiversity conservation
- Position in the value chain: Harvesting
- Type: Practice
- Scale: Global
- Country: Spain
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- Keywords: aromatics, MAP wild populations, monitoring methodologies, Rural economy, sustainable management, wild harvested plants
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