By Mike Montemarano, Associate Editor01.20.23
Many researchers and industry observers have been relying on outdated estimates about the number of herbs and botanicals in global commerce. A new publication in Economic Botany has provided updated figures and analyzed shifts from widespread wildcrafting to commercial agriculture.
“A New Global Estimation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species in Commercial Cultivation and Their Conservation Status,” written by Josef Brinckmann, Wolfgang Kathe, Karin Berkhoudt, David Harter, and Uwe Schippmann, provides in-depth estimates on medicinal plant species in cultivation.
The primary goal of the research was to assess the conservation status of herbs globally, in part to help the industry map decisions about how to source ingredients.
Authors Brinckmann, a research fellow at Traditional Medicinals, and Kathe, a nature conservation, social responsibility, and fair trade consultant, discussed their research in an online panel hosted by the American Botanical Council.
Brinckmann said that most literature on wildcrafting and cultivation of plants
“A New Global Estimation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species in Commercial Cultivation and Their Conservation Status,” written by Josef Brinckmann, Wolfgang Kathe, Karin Berkhoudt, David Harter, and Uwe Schippmann, provides in-depth estimates on medicinal plant species in cultivation.
The primary goal of the research was to assess the conservation status of herbs globally, in part to help the industry map decisions about how to source ingredients.
Authors Brinckmann, a research fellow at Traditional Medicinals, and Kathe, a nature conservation, social responsibility, and fair trade consultant, discussed their research in an online panel hosted by the American Botanical Council.
Brinckmann said that most literature on wildcrafting and cultivation of plants
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