Conservation and utilization of medicinal plants in high. Page 6 india has one of the richest plant medical traditions in the world. In the latter cases, actions taken will not lead to in situ conservation unless they. Medicinal plant conservation project gutenberg self. 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. Contribution of traditional farmers for medicinal plant conservation on the farming site in gozamin district, amhara region, ethiopia.
Haimanot reta1, zemede asfaw2 and ensermu kelbessa3 1debre markos university, college of natural and computational. For example, there is very little material of them in genebanks. Pdf guidelines on the conservation of medicinal plants. The indigenous groups of healers used these threatened species in curing about 45 different ailments. Pdf conservation of medicinal plants william cetzalix.
Accordingly, gathering medicinal plants from the wild will always continue. The convention on biological diversity plant conservation. The plants database was first put on the web in late 1994 or early 1995. Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods springerlink. In vitro propagation and conservation of useful endangered. According to zemede 2001, medicinal plants are considered to be at conservation risk due to over use and destructive harvesting roots and bark collection. Rethinking ginkgo biloba l medicinal uses and conservation. Medicinal, orchids, propagation, conservation, culture. 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.
Plants having medical uses are found growing all over the world some of which are cultivated in the wild by the skilled plant identifiers. 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. Natural resources conservation service national plant data team npdt nrcs. Conservation and utilization of medicinal plants in high hills of the central himalayas volume 23 issue 1 nehal a. 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. The role of traditional management practices in enhancing. Hence, conservation of such a buffer is considered fundamental and provided priority in all sectors of global development tandon et al.
Conservation of medicinal plants will contribute to selfreliance of millions for indias own health needs. 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. For most of the endangered medicinal plant species no conservation action has been taken. Based on my findings, i believe that to ensure the long. Plant conservation an overview sciencedirect topics.
The lack of conservation actions and activities is observed in klete awlaelo woreda, which is. Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products, and they are disappearing at a high speed. General interest conservation of medicinal plants edited by olayiwola akerele. 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. Examples are the unsustainable targeted logging of timber trees, excessive wild harvesting of medicinal and aromatic plants and the extraction of nontimber forest products. The demand for medicinal plants is growing at a rapid pace. 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. Jul 30, 2016 medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products, and they are disappearing at a high speed. 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. 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.
The role of cultivation in conserving medicinal plants. Cultivation, collection, conservation and elaboration of medicinal plants products 3. 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. In 1947, the annual turnover of the herbal industry was rs. They are used in producing pharmaceuticals and herbal medicine preparations gcmp, 1993. Medicinal plant conservation strategies need to be understood and planned for based on an understanding of indigenous knowledge and practices. Finally, the data were analysis using descriptive statistics. The sustainable management of traditional medicinal plant resources is important not only because of their value as a potential source of new. Retrieved 17 april 2002 from convention of biological. Historically, conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants used to be achieved by various customary conservation practices such as taboos. As already emphasized, plant conservation and use are inextricably linked. Pdf conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants. About plant conservation plant diversity underpins the functioning of all ecosystems, which in turn provide the fundamental support systems upon which all life depends. Pdf in order to understand the particular challenges that medicinal plant conservation and management raise at the global level, it is necessary to.
For most of the endangered medicinal pl ant species no conservation action has been taken. 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. Medicinal plant use and conservation practices by communities. 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.
India and china are having huge collection of medicinal and aromatic plants up to 7500 and 11,146 respectively. Today many medicinal plants face extinction or severe genetic loss, but detailed information is lacking. Currently, the conservation group united plant savers lists 19 north american medicinal native plants as at risk. Conservation of medicinal plants edited by olayiwola akerele. Medicinal plants at risk center for biological diversity. Nearly 80% of the world populations rely on traditional medicines for primary health care, most of which involve the use of plant. Medicinal plants have long been utilized in traditional medicine and worldwide ethnomedicine. Medicinal plant international union for conservation of. Medicinal plants for forest conservation and healthcare, nonwood forest products 11, fao. 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. 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. About plant conservation botanic gardens conservation. 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.
To conserve populations of medicinal plant species in natural habitats. Journal of medicinal plant conservation united plant savers. Medicinal plant international union for conservation of nature. Contribution of traditional farmers for medicinal plant.
Full text views reflects the number of pdf downloads, pdfs sent. Pdf many types of action can be taken in favour of the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants. For most countries, there is not even a comple te inventory of medicinal plants. Yet in others, most medicinal plants are still collected from the wild. Angola holds a great sociocultural diversity and is one of the richest floristic regions of the world, with over 900 native leguminosae species. To improve techniques for harvesting, storage and production. Conservation of medicinal plants 1 introduction india has one of the richest plant medical cultures in the world. 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. Medicinal plants, conservation and livelihoods convention. European red list of medicinal plants european commission.
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. Worldwide an estimated 9,000 medicinal plant species are threatened. No local name of medicinal plants scientific name of medicinal plants. An estimate for germany suggests that some 7090 percent of the medicinal plant material imported into that country has been wild harvested lange, 1996. More than 50,000 plant species worldwide used for therapeutic purposes and it estimated that around one tenth of total plants in the earth. Qaiser2 1 department of biotechnology, quaidiazam university islamabad, pakistan. Nonetheless, information on medicinal plants and their conservation are still lacking in some areas, including the togo plateau forest reserve in ghana. It is the project of a group of purdue master gardeners of marion county who designed, installed, and maintain the garden. Kell, in encyclopedia of applied plant sciences, 2003.
This paper investigates the ethnobotany of the togo plateau forest reserve, ghana, to document the traditional knowledge, uses and conservation of medicinal plants. In plantlife s sample, it was found that the preexistence of. Medicinal plant book international union for conservation. Mediterranean ecosystems and parts of the arid zone. Mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of medicinal. In addition, inappropriate use wrong plant parts, dose, frequency, route of administration, preparation, etc. 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. It is the tradition that is of remarkable contemporary relevance. Leguminosae is an economically important family that contains a large number of medicinal plants, many of which are widely used in african traditional medicine. Medicinal plant conservation a listing of mem bers, ongoing. Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants.
A total of 31 medicinal plant species were collected and identified from the study area for treating 32 human aliments. Why is it worthwhile for a practitioner to develop an understanding of medicinal plant conservation issues and strategies. This study is the first to assess the medicinal uses of the legumes in angola. 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. 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. This deals about the promotion of sustainable medicinal plant cultivation through the process of building ipr and field gene bank. Although species conservation is achieved most effectively. 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. A total of 127 medicinal plant species were documented, 110 being native nonendemic species, while 17 are endemic species from angola. 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. Palaeobotanical history showed a wide distribution of the species. This chapter presents a glimpse of the current status of and future trends in medicinal plant. Many types of action can be taken in favour of the conservation and sustainable use 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. Because so many species of plants are medicinal, medicinal plant conservation is, in some ways, a microcosm of plant conservation as a whole. The medicinal plant garden was added to the grounds south of the old pathology building in the spring of 2003. Utilization and conservation of medicinal plants and their. The current status of anticancer medicinal plants and its conservation needs. For chinese medicine to sustain its metamorphosis into a world medicine, its students and practitioners must find creative solutions to. Safire harvesting guidelines for medicinal plants final. The conservation of medicinal plants is not only a tool for biodiversity conservation, but also has great prospects for livelihood enhancement. Uncovering and assessing assumptions regarding central himalayan medicinal plant conservation. Medicinal plants can be defined as the plants that possess therapeutic properties or exert beneficial pharmacological effect on the human or animal body. International standard for sustainable wild collection of medicinal. It is the tradition that is of remarkable contemporary relevance for ensuring health security to the teeming millions. Guidelines on the conservation of medicinal plants world health.
Partners in herbal education pie link to ups logo make a donation. 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. Mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plant diversity in three indian states. Conservation of medicinal plants journal of pharmaceutical. Conservation of medicinal plants general introduction.
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