Introduction
This section of the review introduces the regulatory and policy framework that that applies to the
picking, selling and export of wild honeybush.1
It focuses on:
- The legal dimensions of wild honeybush harvesting and its management within the context of fynbos ecosystem dynamics;
- Policies that promote the sustainable commercial use of wild honeybush and equitable sharing of its proceeds; and
- Institutional arrangements that have been put in place to advance the ‘biodiversity economy’.