Medicinal plants programme receives prestigious award

October 2011—A joint WWF, TRAFFIC and IUCN project on sustainable use of medicinal plants in China’s Upper Yangtze Ecoregion has received an “Outstanding Contribution Award” from the Chinese State Ministry of Environmental Protection, EU-China Biodiversity Programme (ECBP), Ministry of Commerce and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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FairWild Foundation
World Fair Trade Day

14 May 2011 - FairWild Foundation today joins millions of small producers, artisans, farmers and small-hold manufacturers, Fair Trade producers, traders and consumers in celebrating World Fair Trade Day.

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WIPO Calls for Funding Applications for Participation in Working Groups on TK and Genetic Resources

October 2010: The Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has issued a call for applications for funding for meetings of two Intersessional Working Groups, on Traditional Knowledge and on Genetic Resources, which were established by the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.

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FairWild Foundation
Plants in focus during first week of CBD-CoP 10

Nagoya, Japan, 22nd October 2010—Amidst a complicated and cloudy week of negotiations this week at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD – CoP 10), some Japanese autumn sunshine has fallen on some important discussions about the topic of wild plant conservation.

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Sustainable wild plant harvesting proves a global success

Berlin, Germany, 15th September 2010—Worldwide application of a new standard for sustainable harvesting of wild medicinal, aromatic, dye and food plants and trees is charting new ways to protect the species and their habitats and benefit the communities that depend on them, according to a new report from world wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC.

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SIPPO conference on implementing sustainability

Genva, Switzerland—On 21 May, International Biodiversity Day, the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO), one of Fairwild's partner organisations is hosting a confernce in Geneva on "Experiences from the Industries on Implementing Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Trade with Biodiversity".

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