Wild collection of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) for commercial purposes in Poland - a system’s analysis

Abstract

Introduction: Poland is one of the main exporters of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) in Europe. A substantial part of this plant material is collected in the wild. So far, the system of wild collection (WC) of medicinal plants in Poland, its social and ecological aspects have not been studied comprehensively.

Keywords

• medicinal and aromatic plants (maps)
• wild collection (wc)
• legislation
• protected species
• supply chains
• sustainability