Technical Resources for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants | France

AFC — Association Française des Professionnels de la Cueillette de Plantes Sauvages

Website: www.cueillettes-pro.org/

What we find useful: its work to promote responsible wild plant harvesting that respects natural resources, habitats and people; its role in raising awareness about the management of wild resources and all types of wild-harvested products; its guide to good practices for harvesting wild plants; and its available technical and information sheets.

CNPMAI — Conservatoire National des Plantes à Parfum, Médicinales et Aromatiques

Route de Nemours, 91490 Milly-la-Forêt, France
Tel.: 01 64 98 83 77

Website: www.cnpmai.net

What we find useful: its botanical gardens, including collections of threatened and protected plants; its plant nursery and seed sales; its publications available for download; and more.

ITEIPMAI

The French research organisation specialising in the development of medicinal, aromatic and perfume plants (PPAM), based in Chemillé (49).

Website: www.iteipmai.fr/

What we find useful: its technical sheets for individual species, including cultivation guidelines and technical growing methods.

ITAB — Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique

Website: www.itab.asso.fr/

What we find useful: its publications and technical sheets on organic farming.

CBN — Conservatoire Botanique National du Massif Central

Head office: 3 rue Adrienne de Noailles, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, France
Limousin office: 22 rue des Pénitents Blancs, 87000 Limoges, France

Website: www.cbnmc.fr/

What we find useful: its reference materials and documentary resources (guides, publications, etc.), its tools for sharing botanical and floristic data (including the SI-FLORE platform), its plant collections, and more.