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Industrial Leadership For The Preservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Sustainable Sourcing: Environmental, Social and Business Benefits
October 14-15, 2003

2003 SYMPOSIUM E-PROCEEDINGS
(with linked bios & presentations, if available)

From the Chair of the Medicinal Plant Working Group:
With 105 participants, the 2003 Symposium revealed the richness of the issues facing the medicinal plant community. We examined the medicinal and aromatic plants supply chain by focusing on the people and entities who influence the supply chain -- from wildcrafters to growers, from indigenous people to non-indigenous people, from industry to government. Panel discussions addressed the elements of and challenges to the sustainable supply of medicinal plants. The panelists themselves crossed traditional boundaries -- with indigenous members of the federal government and wildcrafters who have moved into cultivation -- all of whom provided unique and interesting perspectives. The Medicinal Plant Working Group wishes to thank all of the participants -- speakers, attendees, facilitators, and planners. Again, a special thanks to our sponsors.

Sincerely,
Patricia De Angelis
Chair, MPWG

OCTOBER 14, 2003

8.30-10.00

Welcome
Mark Blumenthal (Presentation) - American Botanical Council
Planning for Sustainability
Dominique Conseil - Aveda Corporation
Introduction to Medicinal Plant Working Group
Patricia De Angelis (Presentation) - Plant Conservation Alliance and Medicinal Plant Working Group
Trish Flaster (Presentation) - Conservation & Ethnobotany Committees
Edward Fletcher (Presentation) - Sustainability Committee
Michael McGuffin (Presentation) - Industry Committee
Leon Secatero - Elder’s Circle
Planning for the Next 500 Years
Leon Secatero - Canoncito Navaho
10.00-10.15
 Agenda Review
Mark Blumenthal - American Botanical Council 
   
10.15-10.30
 Break
   
10.30-11.30

Overview of Medicinal & Aromatic Supply Chain
Bill Popin (Presentation) - Young Living Essential Oils
Josef Brinckmann (Presentation) - Traditional Medicinals
11.30-12.45

Commercial Farms and Smallholders
Akash Chopra (Presentation) - Biosys Group UK
Jeanie DeArmond - Great Plains Medicinal Herb Growers Association
Colin Donohue - Rural Action Forestry Network
Peter Furth (Presentation) - FFF Associates, Inc.
Ed Smith - Herb Pharm
Facilitator - Edward Fletcher - Strategic Sourcing Inc.
   
12.45-1.45
 Lunch
   
1.45-3.00
 Wild Crafters
James Chamberlain - USDA Forest Service
Tony Hayes - Ridge Runner Trading Co., Inc.
Kathryn Lynch - Institute for Culture and Ecology
Bhishma Subedi (Presentation) - Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture & Bioresources
Facilitator - Edward Fletcher - Strategic Sourcing Inc.
3.00-3.30
 Indigenous Perspectives
Susan Burdick - Yurok/Karuk
Ray Couch - Cherokee of the Appalachians
Tis Mal Crow - United Lumbee/Hitchiti
Jane Dumas - Kumeyaay
Leon Secatero - Canoncito Navaho
Richard Walley - Australia Council’s Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Arts Board
Facilitator - David Hircock - Aveda Corporation 
   
3.30-3.45

Break
   
3.45-4.15
 Practitioners
David Kiefer (Presentation) - Program in Integrative Medicine
Tis Mal Crow - United Lumbee/Hitchiti
Facilitator - David Hircock - Aveda Corporation
4.15-5.45

Industry Using Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Steven Birkbeck - Mount Romance
David Hircock - Aveda Corporation
Beth Lambert (Presentation) - Herbalist & Alchemist, Inc.
Michael McGuffin - American Herbal Products Association
Jerry McLaughlin (Presentation) - Nature’s Sunshine Products
Facilitator - Michael McGuffin - American Herbal Products Association
5.45-6.00
 Summary
6.15-7.00
 Indigenous People and Intellectual Property Rights
Marcos Terena - Terena Tribe, Brazilian Institute for Intellectual Property Rights

OCTOBER 15, 2003

8.30-9.00
 AHPA US Tonnage Survey
Michael McGuffin (Presentation) - American Herbal Products Association
9.00-10.30
 Conservation Strategies
Roddy Gabel (Presentation) - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Kathryn Kennedy - Center for Plant Conservation
Lynda LeMole (Presentation) - United Plant Savers
Teresa Prendusi (Presentation) - USDA Forest Service
Rod Sallee (Presentation) - USDA Forest Service
Facilitator - Trish Flaster - Botanical Liaisons
   
10.30-10.45
 Break
   
10.45-12.15

Sustainability Tool Kits (PDF Sustainability Tool Kit)
Chaudhry Javed Ahmed (Presentation) - Asia Specialist
Philip Guillery (Presentation) - Forestry Stewardship Council, IATP
 Mary Melnyk (Presentation) - USAID Natural Resource Management
Alan Pierce (Presentation) - WWF, TRAFFIC & the World Health Organization
James Simon (Presentation) - Rutgers University
Marcos Terena - Terena Tribe
Jackie Wootton (Presentation) - Herbmed
Facilitator - Ann Koontz - Enterprise, Environment & Social Impact Consulting
   
12.15-1.15
 Lunch
   
1.15-2.15

Working Groups

  • Plant Suppliers and Buyers Forum
    Facilitator - Michael McGuffin - American Herbal Products Association
  • Conservation Forum
    Facilitator - Ann Koontz - Enterprise, Environment & Social Impact Consulting
2.15-3.15
 Working Group Reports, Synthesis & Discussion
   
3.15-3.30
 Break
   
3.30-4.30
 MPWG Consensus Discussion - Results
4.30
 Closing Remarks from Facilitators

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Last Updated: 4 May 2005