Introducing The Field Guide for Wild Flower Harvesting
Glossary
What is Fynbos?
The Cape Floral Kingdom
South Africa’s Plants
Threats to Fynbos
The Value of Fynbos
Fynbos and Fire
Classification of Plants
Naming of Plants
The Market for Fynbos
Picking Fynbos with Care
The Sustainable Harvesting Programme
The SHP Code of Best Practice for Wild Harvesters
Ten Principles of Good Harvesting
The Vulnerability Index and the Red Data List
Know How Much Fynbos You Have
Fynbos Plants of the Agulhas Plain and Beyond
Plant Descriptions
The SHP Code of Best Practice for Wild Harvesters
The Sustainable Harvesting Programme (SHP) Code of Best Practice for Wild Harvesters provides guidelines on:
- How to pick fynbos with care;
- Social and labour standards – to improve livelihoods;
- Complying with South Africa’s laws.
The Code of Best Practice has four principles that protect the environment:
- Conserve biodiversity: Fynbos plants are protected by law, especially threatened species. Plants must be given time to grow again after picking.
- Use wild fynbos sustainably: Pickers must leave enough fynbos in the veld to allow the plants to recover after harvesting and produce new plants.
- Comply with national and provincial regulations: Harvesters and suppliers must obey all relevant laws: protect the veld, pick fynbos legally, and help fynbos businesses sell to
markets legally. - Have a property management plan: Fynbos suppliers, harvesters and landowners need a plan to make sure that they care for the fynbos at every stage of the business.
The Code of Best Practice also promotes ethical labour practice and improved livelihoods.