Objective:
The objective of the project PLANT WILD-Forest Plant Wild Harvesting Learning in Europe(2011-2013) was to promote the employment opportunities in rural and mountainous areas and sustainable wild harvesting techniques, generating best training practices to obtain environmental and economical sustainability and determining tools to support trainers, learners and professionals. Partipating partners developed the necessary methodologies for implementing an effective training on Wild Collection (WC) of Non Wood Forests Products (NWFP), focusing in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs).
Context:
NWFP are an important but sometimes forgotten income from rural and mountain areas of Europe, being necessary to find sustainable economic opportunities, to preserve the population, the natural heritage, the biodiversity and the natural resources. Nowadays, wild MAPs are still needed to provide raw material to medicinal, cosmetic and perfumery industry. Anyway, WC activity has to be done properly, following good practices and focusing sustainable business in order to fix the social success. So, training on these topics is very important and tools have to be implemented properly.
Contacts:
Eva Moré i Palos, eva.more@ctfc.cat, www.ctfc.cat
Further information:
2011-2013. GRUNDTVIG PLANT WILD - Forest Plant Wild Harvesting Learning in Europe. Lifelong Learning Program. https://plantwild.wordpress.com/
E. Moré, R.Melero, A.M.Barata, V.Lopes, F.Rocha, J.Radusiene, B.Karpaviene, H.Cetinkaya, N.Sekeroglu, Muhittin Kulak. Project report Forest Plants Wild Harvesting Learning in Europe. PLANT WILD PROJECT Grundtvig Learnership Association. https://plantwild.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/report-conclusions-grundtvig-plant-wild.pdf