Loss of cultural diversity can contribute to the loss of biological diversity by diminishing the variety of approaches to hu- man, plant and animal co-existence that have been successful in the past, and by reducing the possibility of imaginative new approaches being developed in the future. [...] Biodiversity is the measure of life on earth, test of time, may offer the best strategy for adapting to the including the millions of animals, plants and micro- changing conditions that will certainly characterize the 21st organisms, the genes they contain, and the complex ecosys- century. [...] They know all about medicinal social and economic rules that have a highly adaptive value plants, which provide the only health care most We people in the continuous endeavour to maintain a viable equilibrium know, and they welcome the opportunity to sell some to the between the resources of the environment and the demands Me world, to pay for education for the children, petrol for of society wh [...] Breaking down of taboos digenous management must be based on an understanding of the loss of an element of local culture is therefore leading the distinctive features of the local economy, as a matter of to the loss of a nutritious and valuable component of local behaviour with practical consequences. [...] One perverse impact of the CBD is that conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use many governments in the tropics have become increasingly of its components (Preamble to the CBD).
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Table of Contents/Tables des matières 4
- Preface/Avant propos 6
- Steering Committee/Comité directeur 7
- Dedication/Dédicace 8
- Our Sponsors & Partners/Notre commonditaires & associés 9
- Introduction 10
- Biological and Cultural Diversity: The Double Helixof Sustainable Development 12
- Finding the Science in Tradition 19
- Sustainable Use of Medicinal Biodiversity 26
- Medicinal Biodiversity Conservation and Ethnobotany/Biodiversité et conservation des plantes médicinales 28
- Conservation of Medicinal Plants in Central America and the Caribbean 30
- Conservation of Indigenous Medicinal Plants andAssociated Knowledge: A Case Study from theEmberá Community of Ipeti, Panamá 34
- Community Use and Conservation of Forest Resources in Indonesia 41
- Canadian Medicinal Plant Biodiversity Priority Issues 49
- Quantitative Analysis of Q’eqchi’ Medicinal Plantsin Belize, CA 64
- Ethnobotany of Q’eqchi’ Maya Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Neurological andMental Health Disorders in Southern Belize 70
- Protection and Crop Development of the North American Medicinal Plant Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) 75
- Traditional Medicine Programmes in Madagascar 82
- Research and Commercialization/Recherche et commercialization des plantes médicinales 86
- Biodiversity Prospecting in Drylands of Latin America 88
- Medicinal Natural Products in Mexican Phytomedicines 94
- Anti-Viral Activities in Tropical Plants: Limitations of Existing Bioassays and New Research Developments 100
- International Marketing of Organic Botanicals: A Farmer’s Perspective 102
- Le developpement d’une industrie de phytomedicaments en Afrique 104
- Prospects and Problems of Trading in Medicinal Plants: A Case Study of Madagascar 106
- Research to Policy/De la recherche aux politiques 124
- Protecting Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge Related to Medicines 126
- Use of Traditional Knowledge for University Research: Conflicts Between Research Ethicsand Intellectual Property Ownership Policies 131
- The Convention on Biological Diversity as an Instrument for Health and Well-Being 139
- Ghana’s Contribution to the Round Table Discussion 142
- Traditional Knowledge and its Relation to Conservation 143
- Biodiversity and Health Symposium: Conclusions and Recommendations 144
- Abstracts/Resumés 148
- The Medicinal Plants Sector in India: Issues and Initiatives Under the Changed Global Scenario 150
- Research and Commercialization of Medicinal Plants — Discussion 151
- Commercial Phytomedicines in Africa 152
- Pharmacognosy Research In Panama 153
- Medicinal Biodiversity and Conservation in Canada’s Boreal Forest 154
- Fostering Research in Medicinal Plants 155
- Canadian Natural Health Products Regulations 156
- Plant Uses by the Inuit of Kangirsujuaq (Nunavik, Quebec) 157
- Botanical Gardens in Conservation: Investing in Nature — A Partnership for Plants in Canada 158
- Dietary Diversity: Linking Agrobiodiversity Conservation to New Challenges in Global Health 159
- Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Sri Lanka 160
- Rich Medicinal and Aromatic Flora in Balkan and East Europe Countries and its Protection from Environmental Stresses and People Overuse 163
- Morphological Evaluation of Biodiversity in Wild Ricinus communis from Pakistani-Controlled Jammu and Kashmir 164
- Use of Medicinal Plants and Conservation Issues in Communities Bordering Badiar National Park,Northern Guinea 165
