A. Species
Scientific name: Galanthus elwesii
Common name(s): Snowdrops, Kardelen, Sümbül, Nergis
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Turkey
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: National Level
Name/Details of location: Turkey
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
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: Keeping/companionship/display
Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)
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 and National / local 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
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable
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 harvest of Galanthus elwesii are considered as sustainable because the populations are assessed annually and precautionary harvest levels are set. The regular inspections show that populations have remained stable, showing no signs of decline in response to harvesting.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
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
The development and integration of quantitative population models in order to enhance the scientific basis of NDFs and to be able to determine a more precise optimal harvest limit. This state that this would create a transferable framework for assessing the sustainability in other species.
Record source
Information about the record source: grey_lit
Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2025-05-19