A selection of recent publications relevant to the work of MPSG

The MPSG newsletter, Medicinal Plant Conservation (U. Schippmann, ed) is distributed to more than 500 readers worldwide. The recent volumes of the newsletter are available on MPSG.org. A current listing of relevant publications appears in each volume (Notices of Publication).

Medicinal Plant Conservation Bibliography. Volume 1 (1997). Volume 2 (2001). Uwe Schippmann. Reviews of monographs, books, journal articles, and gray literature on topics relevant to medicinal plant conservation. Indexed. Available from the IUCN Bookstore.

Medicinal Plant Specialist Group (2007): International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP). Version 1.0. Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), MPSG/SSC/IUCN, WWF Germany, and TRAFFIC, Bonn, Gland, Frankfurt, and Cambridge (BfN-Skripten 195).

Schippmann, U., Leaman, D.J. & Cunningham, A.B. (2003): Impact of cultivation and gathering of medicinal plants on biodiversity. Global trends and issues. - In: FAO (ed.): Biodiversity and the ecosystem approach in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. pp. 142-167, FAO, Rome.

Schippmann, U., Leaman, D.J., and Cunningham, A.B. (2006): Cultivation and wild collection of medicinal and aromatic plants under sustainability aspects. In: Bogers, R.J., L.E. Craker, and D. Lange (eds). Medicinal and aromatic plants. Springer, Dordrecht. Wageningen UR Frontis Series no. 17.

Shanley, P., Pierce, A.R., Laird, S.A. & Guillen, A. (2002): Tapping the green market. Certification and management of non-timber forest products. - xviii+456 pp., Earthscan, London.

WHO, IUCN & WWF (1993): Guidelines on the conservation of medicinal plants. - 50 pp., WHO, IUCN, WWF, Gland & Geneva. Currently being revised.

World Health Organization (2002). WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2002-2005. WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.

World Health Organization (2003). WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants. - vi+72 pp., WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.