A. Species

Scientific name: Cibotium barometz

Common name(s): Cibota, Chain fern rhizome, Cibotum, Cibot Rhizome, Lamb of Tartary

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

• Viet Nam

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Viet Nam

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: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene

Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

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 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

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

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 authors state that management plans are required to provide a framework for setting sustainable harvest levels and describe appropriate collection practices. They recommend that export of final products rather than raw materials should be encouraged.

Record source

Information about the record source: grey_lit

Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Date of record entry: 2025-05-19