To improve techniques for harvesting, storage and production. Some of these are undertaken directly at the places where the plants are found, while others are less direct, such as some of those relating to commercial systems, ex situ conservation and bioprospecting. Conservation of medicinal plants general introduction. Contribution of traditional farmers for medicinal plant. Cultivation, collection, conservation and elaboration of medicinal plants products 3. The conservation of medicinal plants is not only a tool for biodiversity conservation, but also has great prospects for livelihood enhancement. Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products, and they are disappearing at a high speed. Because so many species of plants are medicinal, medicinal plant conservation is, in some ways, a microcosm of plant conservation as a whole. For most of the endangered medicinal plant species no conservation action has been taken. The lack of conservation actions and activities is observed in klete awlaelo woreda, which is. In addition, inappropriate use wrong plant parts, dose, frequency, route of administration, preparation, etc.
Nearly 80% of the world populations rely on traditional medicines for primary health care, most of which involve the use of plant. Jul 30, 2016 medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products, and they are disappearing at a high speed. Medicinal plants at risk natures pharmacy, our treasure chest medicinal plants are at increasing risk from destruction of their habitats, bioprospecting for new sources, and overharvesting of known medicinal species. Haimanot reta1, zemede asfaw2 and ensermu kelbessa3 1debre markos university, college of natural and computational. Page 6 india has one of the richest plant medical traditions in the world. It was one of the first webenabled applications deve\. Plant tissue culture could be one of the most suitable alternative tools to minimize the pressure on natural population of medicinal orchids and their sustainable utilization.
Qaiser2 1 department of biotechnology, quaidiazam university islamabad, pakistan. Retrieved 17 april 2002 from convention of biological. More than 50,000 plant species worldwide used for therapeutic purposes and it estimated that around one tenth of total plants in the earth. Plants having medical uses are found growing all over the world some of which are cultivated in the wild by the skilled plant identifiers. Medicinal plant conservation project gutenberg self. It has been documented that a great amount of traditional knowledge about the uses of medicinal plant. The paper recommends that traditional management practices should be encouraged since they serve a dual purpose as important conservation strategy and as an essential component of. Conservation of medicinal plants general introduction india is floristically rich and is recognized as one of the twelve mega biodiversity centers of the world, ranking 10th among the plant resources rich nations of the world and 4th among the countries of asia. Natural resources conservation service national plant data team npdt nrcs. Hence, conservation of such a buffer is considered fundamental and provided priority in all sectors of global development tandon et al. Guidelines on the conservation of medicinal plants world health. Thus, special efforts have been geared towards the conservation of medicinal plants and the knowledge and practices associated with their use, in the above mentioned project site. Medicinal plants at risk center for biological diversity. This chapter presents a glimpse of the current status of and future trends in medicinal plant.
The demand for medicinal plants is growing at a rapid pace. The sustainable management of traditional medicinal plant resources is important not only because of their value as a potential source of new. This study is the first to assess the medicinal uses of the legumes in angola. Accordingly, gathering medicinal plants from the wild will always continue. The indigenous groups of healers used these threatened species in curing about 45 different ailments. Uncovering and assessing assumptions regarding central himalayan medicinal plant conservation. Today many medicinal plants face extinction or severe genetic loss, but detailed information is lacking. For most of the endangered medicinal pl ant species no conservation action has been taken. Medicinal plant use and conservation practices by communities. The role of cultivation in conserving medicinal plants. Many types of action can be taken in favour of the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants.
According to zemede 2001, medicinal plants are considered to be at conservation risk due to over use and destructive harvesting roots and bark collection. Medicinal plants for forest conservation and healthcare, nonwood forest products 11, fao. Examples are the unsustainable targeted logging of timber trees, excessive wild harvesting of medicinal and aromatic plants and the extraction of nontimber forest products. Conservation of medicinal plants edited by olayiwola akerele. For example, there is very little material of them in genebanks. This paper aims at highlighting the importance of adopting proactive measure through education and local communities participation in order to conserve the medicinal plant wealth in nigeria. Journal of medicinal plant conservation united plant savers. Finally, the data were analysis using descriptive statistics. General interest conservation of medicinal plants edited by olayiwola akerele. An estimate for germany suggests that some 7090 percent of the medicinal plant material imported into that country has been wild harvested lange, 1996. This is especially so given that, just because a species has been used. For most countries, there is not even a comple te inventory of medicinal plants. Plant conservation an overview sciencedirect topics.
Contribution of traditional farmers for medicinal plant conservation on the farming site in gozamin district, amhara region, ethiopia. A total of 127 medicinal plant species were documented, 110 being native nonendemic species, while 17 are endemic species from angola. Plant conservation report page 3 convention on biological diversity from the global partnership for plant conservation i t is a pleasure for me to welcome this important report documenting the progress that has been made worldwide towards the achievement of the global strategy for plant conservation gspc. Conservation of medicinal plants will contribute to selfreliance of millions for indias own health needs. Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods springerlink. International standard for sustainable wild collection of medicinal. Pdf many types of action can be taken in favour of the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants. To conserve populations of medicinal plant species in natural habitats. Currently, the conservation group united plant savers lists 19 north american medicinal native plants as at risk. Mediterranean ecosystems and parts of the arid zone.
This deals about the promotion of sustainable medicinal plant cultivation through the process of building ipr and field gene bank. Medicinal plant international union for conservation of. In the latter cases, actions taken will not lead to in situ conservation unless they. Yet in others, most medicinal plants are still collected from the wild. Based on my findings, i believe that to ensure the long. Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants.
The role of traditional management practices in enhancing. Kell, in encyclopedia of applied plant sciences, 2003. Pdf conservation of medicinal plants william cetzalix. India and china are having huge collection of medicinal and aromatic plants up to 7500 and 11,146 respectively. Conservation and utilization of medicinal plants in high hills of the central himalayas volume 23 issue 1 nehal a. India is floristically rich and is recognized as one of the twelve mega biodiversity centers of the world, ranking 10th among the plant resources rich nations of the world and 4th among the countries of asia. The most fundamental is the community group, considered as a group within a community whose members are prepared to work within their communities to achieve conservation through medicinal plants. Many drugs contain herbal ingredients, and it has been said that 7080% of the worlds population relies on some form of nonconventional medicine and around 2540% of all prescription drugs contain active ingredients derived from plants in the. No local name of medicinal plants scientific name of medicinal plants. Why is it worthwhile for a practitioner to develop an understanding of medicinal plant conservation issues and strategies.
Medicinal plant conservation strategies need to be understood and planned for based on an understanding of indigenous knowledge and practices. To promote cultivation of medicinal plants, central institute of medicinal and aromatic plants cimap has developed a number of high yielding varieties, worked out agrotechnologies and. A list of citeslisted medicinal plant species the term medicinal plants does not have an official definition within cites and a plethora of definition can be found for medicinal plants, medicinal and aromatic plants, or traditional medicine from various international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and. Rethinking ginkgo biloba l medicinal uses and conservation. Pdf in order to understand the particular challenges that medicinal plant conservation and management raise at the global level, it is necessary to. Palaeobotanical history showed a wide distribution of the species across the globe but declined over geological time, becoming restricted to narrow geographical range with few surviving individuals in the modern. In plantlife s sample, it was found that the preexistence of. India is the 7th largest country in the world and asias 2nd largest nation with an area of 3,287,263 sq km, and is an. The plants database was first put on the web in late 1994 or early 1995. Conservation of medicinal plants 1 introduction india has one of the richest plant medical cultures in the world. About plant conservation plant diversity underpins the functioning of all ecosystems, which in turn provide the fundamental support systems upon which all life depends. The medicinal plant garden was added to the grounds south of the old pathology building in the spring of 2003.
For chinese medicine to sustain its metamorphosis into a world medicine, its students and practitioners must find creative solutions to. Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods convention. In vitro propagation and conservation of useful endangered. Full text views reflects the number of pdf downloads, pdfs sent. This conservation role has a direct connection with human health since most of the plant species have medicinal value, which a majority of the rural people rely on.
The present study is the first survey carried out in angola to document all the species used in traditional medicine, of one of the biggest plant families leguminosae. It is the project of a group of purdue master gardeners of marion county who designed, installed, and maintain the garden. Medicinal plant international union for conservation of nature. Medicinal plants have long been utilized in traditional medicine and worldwide ethnomedicine. The convention on biological diversity plant conservation. As already emphasized, plant conservation and use are inextricably linked. It is here, in the inquiring minds of herb students, that the seeds of medicinal plant conservation and our role as caretakers of the green take firm root. Utilization and conservation of medicinal plants and their. Medicinal plant book international union for conservation. Nonetheless, information on medicinal plants and their conservation are still lacking in some areas, including the togo plateau forest reserve in ghana. As future herbalists are trained in responsible stewardship of medicinal plants. Mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plant diversity in three indian states.
Pdf medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods researchgate. It is the tradition that is of remarkable contemporary relevance. Angola holds a great sociocultural diversity and is one of the richest floristic regions of the world, with over 900 native leguminosae species. This paper investigates the ethnobotany of the togo plateau forest reserve, ghana, to document the traditional knowledge, uses and conservation of medicinal plants. In 1947, the annual turnover of the herbal industry was rs. Growing awareness and interest towards traditional heath care system coupled with phenomenal increase in demand and trade of medicinal plant has caused severe threat to the very existence of medicinal plants, which can be gauged from the fact that a. Medicinal, orchids, propagation, conservation, culture. A total of 31 medicinal plant species were collected and identified from the study area for treating 32 human aliments.
It is the tradition that is of remarkable contemporary relevance for ensuring health security to the teeming millions. Dear friends and members of the iucn medicinal plant specialist group, the time has come to collect new articles for united plant savers annual journal of medicinal plant conservation, joining with the mpsgs medicinal plant conservation newsletter, to be published in spring 2020. They are used in producing pharmaceuticals and herbal medicine preparations gcmp, 1993. The camp conservation assessment and management prioritisation process has been effectively utilized by frlht foundation for revitalisation of local health traditions over the past 10 years to undertake rapid assessment of prioritised medicinal plant species of conservation concern in different statesregions of india. Worldwide an estimated 9,000 medicinal plant species are threatened.
In the same way that users of herbal medicines must often employ a buyer beware approach when it comes to the quality and safety of individual herbal products, practitioners should not be too quick to accept the. Historically, conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants used to be achieved by various customary conservation practices such as taboos. Mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of medicinal. Pdf conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants. Conservation concepts and measures which have to meet future supply and the provisions of species conservation range from resource management, cultivation, shifting processing from consumer to source countries, species conservation to trade restrictions or even trade bans. Medicinal plant conservation a listing of mem bers, ongoing.
Partners in herbal education pie link to ups logo make a donation. European red list of medicinal plants european commission. Pdf guidelines on the conservation of medicinal plants. India has about 45,000 plant species and more than 35,000 plant species have been claimed to possess medicinal properties and are being used in various human cultures around the world for medicinal purposes 4. This volume features contributions relevant to medicinal plant conservation methods, nationallevel management, and international policy that illustrate the wide scope of relevance of medicinal plant conservation.
Safire harvesting guidelines for medicinal plants final. Palaeobotanical history showed a wide distribution of the species. The current status of anticancer medicinal plants and its conservation needs. About plant conservation botanic gardens conservation. Conservation and utilization of medicinal plants in high. Medicinal plants can be defined as the plants that possess therapeutic properties or exert beneficial pharmacological effect on the human or animal body. Leguminosae is an economically important family that contains a large number of medicinal plants, many of which are widely used in african traditional medicine. Conservation of medicinal plants journal of pharmaceutical. List of medicinal plants, disease treated, ingredients added and condition of plant used and other uses of medicinal plants in the study area s. Although species conservation is achieved most effectively.
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