09/07/2026
Airmid Institute auttaa tekemään vastuullisia valintoja.
Tiesitkö, että kaikki aromaattiset kasvit eivät ole yhtä yleisiä luonnossa? Osa eteeristen öljyjen raaka-aineista on uhanalaisia tai niiden kansainvälistä kauppaa on rajoitettu luonnon monimuotoisuuden suojelemiseksi.
Yksi tärkeimmistä alan tietolähteistä on Airmid Institute, riippumaton tutkimus- ja koulutusorganisaatio, joka edistää näyttöön perustuvaa tietoa eteerisistä öljyistä, aromaattisista kasveista ja niiden vastuullisesta käytöstä.
Instituutin julkaisema Biannual List kokoaa yhteen tiedot aromaterapiassa, hajuvesissä ja aromaattisissa kasvirohdostuotteissa käytettävien kasvien, sienten, levien ja eläinperäisten raaka-aineiden uhanalaisuus- ja CITES-statuksesta.
Lista on erinomainen työkalu niin kuluttajille kuin ammattilaisillekin. Sen avulla on helppo tunnistaa suojelua tarvitsevat lajit, tehdä vastuullisempia ostopäätöksiä, kysyä raaka-aineiden alkuperästä ja suosia kestävästi tuotettuja vaihtoehtoja. Näin voimme kaikki omilla valinnoillamme edistää luonnon monimuotoisuuden säilymistä.
Hyödynnän Airmid Instituten materiaaleja myös omissa koulutuksissani, sillä pidän tärkeänä, että aromaterapia perustuu ajantasaiseen, tutkittuun ja vastuulliseen tietoon. Arvostan suuresti Kelly Ablardin ja Airmid Instituutin tiimin tekemää työtä. Heidän pitkäjänteinen panoksensa auttaa meitä kaikkia tekemään entistä vastuullisempia valintoja ja lisää ymmärrystä aromaattisten kasvien kestävästä käytöstä.
🌿 Tutustu Airmid Instituuttiin:
https://airmidinstitute.org/
📋 Biannual List -tietokanta:
https://airmidinstitute.org/biannual-list/
Airmid's Biannual List Is Now Public and a Whole Lot Easier to Use 💚
It started in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2012. I was sitting with my essential oils and carrier oils, and a question I couldn’t shake crept in: "what do we know about the conservation and CITES status of these plants?"
That question became a small, personal list. Today, it has grown into one of Airmid Institute’s core resources, shaped by contributors from around the world and translated into multiple languages along the way. 🙏
And now, I am thrilled to share that the "Airmid Biannual List of Wild Threatened, Near Threatened, and CITES-Protected Plants, Mammals, Fungi, and Seaweed Species Used in Aromatherapy, Perfumery, and Aromatic Herbalism" has launched online as three tables:
1) Global and National, 2) Airmid’s Watchful Eye, and 3) Animal Fixatives.
What’s new? 📣
-Updated taxonomic listings
-The addition of common name(s) and synonym(s)
-A search feature to quickly find a species
-Interactive tables you can adjust to view tables from the top or the bottom, and adjust the number of entries (10 – 100 per page) you’d like displayed on the page.
-Live links to Plants of the World Online (POWO), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) for every listed species so you can dig deeper into the data behind many of the species.
-Photo submissions (see How to Submit a Photo on the main page - address shared below)
Why these matter? 🤷♀️
These tables are meant to do two things: teach, and guide. They are an educational window into the conservation status of the plants, fungi, and other species central to our work, and they are a practical reference for ethical sourcing.
To be clear, every species deserves careful, thoughtful sourcing. But the species in these tables, those confirmed threatened, near threatened, and/or CITES-protected in the wild, need that extra layer of attention.
It takes a village! 💚
These tables and launch would not exist without a small community of people who gave their valuable time and expertise.
Airmid Institute is honored to be collaborating with Ann Harman on the ongoing updating and refinement of the Biannual List. She made the tables possible, and her work strengthened the botanical accuracy behind every entry, resolved taxonomic questions, and ensured each species was represented with the clarity and precision it deserved.
A heartfelt thank you to Nathan Wallace, Airmid’s webmaster for nearly a decade, for the expertise and patience it took to bring this list to life so beautifully online.
And to everyone who contributed images 📸 to bring these species into focus, thank you!
Helpful tip for desktop users! 🛟
One important note on using the Global and National table on your desktop: to see the complete profile for a species, click the + icon next to its Latin name. This expands the entries, revealing additional details.
It is especially helpful for species with National conservation statuses, since they can carry both a global assessment and a separate national conservation status tied to a specific country; the "+" is how you will see the country.
What comes next? 🤔
We are not stopping here! Translated versions of the tables are on track to go live by January 1, 2027, a Table Tour is coming soon to help guide you through using the tables whether you’re on desktop or phone, and we are working on a Downloadable and Printable option for you.
Until we have the translated versions online, you are welcome to contact us for the previous version (January 1 – June 20, 2026) in Dutch, Russian, Croatian, Greek, Italian and German. [email protected]
Take a look, explore, and let us know what you think! 🧑💻
Explore the new Biannual List! You can visit Airmid's home page, click on "Get Involved", and then click on "Airmid Biannual List" OR access it at: https://airmidinstitute.org/biannual-list/
