faqs contact home about fairwild standard certification & labelling news faqs contact search fairwild join our mailing list subscribe news fairwild foundation announces partnership with 1 % for the planet fairwild foundation publishes revisions to labelling rules and license fee charges fairwild meets industry 2016 stakeholder workshops held in california usa and cambridge uk teaching the teachers learning how to train local harvesters in viet nam fairwild industry workshop cambridge uk june 15th support fairwild make a donation today follow us facebook youtube vimeo affiliations fairwild foundation is a member of fairwild foundation established in 2008 the fairwild foundation promotes the sustainable use of wild collected ingredients with a fair deal for all those involved throughout the supply chain . background the increasing demand for wild plants as ingredients for food cosmetics well being and medicinal products poses major ecological and social challenges . the pressure on potentially vulnerable plant species can endanger local ecosystems and the livelihoods of collectors who often belong to the poorest social groups in the countries of origin . as a response to these concerns the fairwild foundation is working with partners worldwide to improve the conservation management and sustainable use of wild plants in trade as well as the livelihoods of rural harvesters involved in collection . as a key tool to achieve this goal we maintain the fairwild standard and certification system for the sustainable management and collection of wild plants . download the latest list of fairwild certified operations and products pdf the fairwild standard is also proving instrumental for the implementation of existing regulatory frameworks provided by national resource management systems as well as by international conventions such as the convention on biological diversity cbd the non detriment findings process of cites learn more about the fairwild standard in this short video a product of the traditional and wild project . can t access youtube view it on vimeo . copyright 2009 fairwild . all rights reserved . fairwild foundation is a non profit foundation based in switzerland