Yes, it does! But we, and you in particular, can do something about it!
Almost all of us have a plant in our living room that is a protected species: the Phalaenopsis. I also have one of these plants in my home, which is a poorly neglected gift from a visitor:
Phalaenopsis belongs to the orchid family and as this entire family of around 1000 genera and 30,000 species is protected, this also applies to your houseplant. In other words, each of these millions of Phalaenopsis produced in greenhouses has a certificate that certifies its conformity with the globally applicable regulations of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) www.cites.org. You do not receive this certificate with the plant when you buy it, but the company that grew the plant has to have it issued and certified and the garden centre that sold you the Phalaenopsis also has it. Every time a plant crosses the border from one producing country to the next trading partner and from there across the next border to the next but one, CITES protocols are required for inspection, otherwise customs clearance and trade cannot take place.
Of course, in the case of your house Phalaenopsis, not every single plant has a certificate, but the whole batch has one and it states how many pots, i.e. plants, were produced. It is therefore not possible, or not permitted, to mix a Phalaenopsis that has grown wild in the jungle and has therefore been harvested illegally with the batch of cultivated plants. So much for the ideal case. However, as it is well known that people do everything that is forbidden with particular attraction and in some cases this is also enormously lucrative and seems worth the risk, there is a black market in some plants and probably even more in protected animals.
Complemedis has an operating licence and is regularly inspected by the
regularly inspected by the authorities. As part of such an inspection
batches of plants that are under species protection are also checked for the
presence of the CITES protocols. Infringements
would be severely penalised and, in extreme cases, we would
risk the closure of the company.
As a user of TCM plants, you can help to protect species by only using reliable suppliers of the products. suppliers of the products. These include companies based in Switzerland companies based in Switzerland that are active in the specially controlled area of TCM medicinal plants. Avoid ordering on the Internet via untraceable channels. TCM products are not available in this country precisely because of the strict controls by the authorities and, in the case of Complemedis Complemedis are also subject to complex and therefore cost-intensive controlled. Sometimes, therefore, due to cost pressure prescribers of TCM formulas switch to products from neighbouring countries. from neighbouring countries. Although this is understandable from a financial point of view, there are many reasons, including those of species conservation, it is not advisable. advisable. Companies that, despite the lofty announcements on their websites quality requirements on their websites, are located, are located, unsurprisingly, in countries with weak control bodies or in countries where countries where TCM plants are considered food. To name a few, Andorra, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and England.
Complemedis goes to great lengths to offer products that take species conservation seriously. You can also read the exciting report on eaglewood (Aquilaria).
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