Standard components of a harvesting management plan for Medicinal Aromatic Plants.

 • Undertake a resource inventory of population abundance and distribution; 

• Make an assessment of regional and global threats based on available knowledge; 

• Undertake biological studies (growth and regeneration rates, pollination system, seed dispersal, potential for confusion with similar species, etc.) and assess the impact of harvesting impact on individual plant viability; 

• Assessment of annual sustained yield; 

• Review local knowledge and harvest practices; 

• Review historic harvest and trade levels and evaluate market trends; 

• Revise national regulations for the utilization in source country; 

• Assess tenure and access; 

• Design and implement a management scheme including: annual harvesting quota, seasonal or regional restriction and on certain plant parts or size classes, domestication programmes; 

• Practice adaptive management and undertake continuous monitoring and evaluation.




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