A Guide to Building Ethical Orchid Collections & Societies.
In collaboration with orchid societies around the world, we are developing a new resource that presents suggestions for how orchid societies can help promote best practices among our members, events and community -- to foster sustainable collections and societies. It seeks to balance our enjoyment of plants with our shared commitment to species conservation in the wild.
Following a comment period (June-Sept. 2024), the resources is currently being finalised for publication in late 2024/early 2025.
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The draft suggests key topics, principles and positions that societies can edit and adopt. It is not a fixed set of rules, nor will every point be relevant or appropriate for all societies. Our aim is to create a resource that can be used across the world.
This is a draft document, developed based on interviews with orchid societies around the world, conducted by members of the IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group – Global Trade Program. We are a volunteer group of orchid experts and enthusiasts, committed to sustainable orchid trade and to reducing illegal orchid trade.
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