Wild collection of plants: to join together conservationists and the companies for nature management and biotrade

The paper is designed to the third objective "Using Plant Diversity Sustainably" of GSPC. The purpose of this paper is to plan ongoing politics to meeting its targets. Far more species of medicinal plants are harvested than any other product from the natural world. Cultivation of medicinal plants is not the most beneficial production system. For agricultural systems sustainable use is usually defined quite differently than for wild plants. Being directly connected with the harvesters, the companies, that purchase wild plants from collectors, are in a good position to influence how the plants are harvested. The next steps promoting sustainable use for wild-collected medicinal plants are discussed.