A. Species
Scientific name: Galanthus woronowii
Common name(s): snowdrop
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Georgia
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Georgia
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2008
End Year: 2008
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species born/bred and raised/produced in captivity or through artificial propagation
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Lethal or non-lethal: Non-Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation and Conservation Management
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Population/Area Management
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people, National / local government, National / local private sector and International private sector
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species born/bred and raised/produced in captivity or through artificial propagation
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Non detriment findings
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: The baseline information on Galanthus production in Georgia is unclear; it is still in question whether the bulbs harvested can be considered artificially propagated or wild collected in terms of CITES. Based on previous experience of harvesting and stock assessment of Galanthus, a revised process of NDF is been proposed. The previous method involved limited field inspections, and limited input of hard scientific data to the NDF process and quota setting. This is not a reliable method to provide an accurate NDF and to ensure sustainability of harvest. The revised process has identified criteria, parameters and/or indicators to be used in future NDF studies. The different criteria will be applied to artificial propagation sites and wild populations. To ensure the sustainability of wild populations the total number of individuals, in sampling areas extrapolated over the entire population area, before and after the harvest will be compared to identify trends in the population demography. The main parameters will be the number of adult individuals of commercial bulb size in sampling area and natural death rates.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Non detriment findings
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Authors discuss the shortcomings of traditional NDF methodology (see above). Nevertheless, they clarify the current licensing/ harvest situation: In accordance with new legislation adopted in 2007, the Ministry for Economical Development of Georgia is responsible for the organization of auctions to sell export licenses for Galanthus. In 2008, four companies were sold ten-year long licenses that enable them to export of Galanthus woronowii. The annual export quotas will be still established by Scientific Authority and officially submitted to the Ministry for Economical Development of Georgia. The new quotas will be established on a sustainable basis.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
• It is important to develop a standard procedure for NDF studies in geophytes • The procedure should be aimed to combine the collection and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data • Upon the completion of the first phase of NDF studies, effective monitoring system should be developed to assess trends in the wild populations and on the sites of artificial propagation • The results of NDF studies should form the basis for the elaboration of National Management Plans for the target species
Record source
Information about the record source: formal_data_stats
Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2023-10-03