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Wild Plant Opportunities in Africa’s Wildlife Economy

01 March 2022

10:00 SAST/CAT

Lanzerac Wine Estate

Stellenbosch
South Africa

Organised by the African Wildlife Economy Institute

in partnership with Oppenheimer Generations Conservation and Research

In person & online

Tuesday, 01 March 2022 – 10:00-13:30

Agenda

10:00

Coffee & Registration

10:30

Welcome

Danie Brink, Dean, Faculty of AgriSciences
Wildlife economy opportunities that exist in plants

Gus Le Breton, CEO, African Plant Hunter
Responsible harvesting and trading of wild-harvested plants

Deborah Vorhies, CEO, FairWild Foundation

Opportunities for community-based access and benefit sharing

Sobantu Mzwakali, Coordinator, Resource Africa

Mangrove carbon opportunities

Francis Vorhies, Director, AWEI

Closing Remarks

12:30

Lunch & Networking

Documents

Director's Report on the Wild Plants Dialogue

Presentation - Gus Le Breton

Presentation - Francis Vorhies

Presentation - Deborah Vorhies

Presentation - Sobantu Mzwakali

AWEI Wild Plants Dialogue Flyer

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