A Sustainable and Ethical Essential Oil

Through a combination of detailed research and in-depth interviews, internationally-renowned aromatherapist and chemical ecologist Dr Kelly Ablard explores the Australian sandalwood tree (Santalum spicatum, Fusanus spicatum), or Dutjahn as it is known by Martu and Wongi custodians, in her article “Sandalwood: Conservation and Custodians”.

The piece explores ancestral wisdom, regeneration and economic and cultural sustainability using the sustainable and ethical standards for essential oils developed by the Airmid Institute — a not-for-profit she founded to protect the world’s medicinal and aromatic plants, and their traditional uses, for generations to come.

Her article was first featured in In Essence Vol. 20 No. 1 — Autumn/Winter 2021, a magazine published by the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA), the largest aromatherapy specific practitioner organisation in the UK, involved in supporting aromatherapists and education worldwide.

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