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The conservation of medicinal plants : proceedings of an international consultation, 21-27 March 1988, held at Chiang Mai, Thailand

1991; Cambridge University Press; Linguagem: Inglês

Olayiwola Akerele, Vernon H. Heywood, Hugh Synge,

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies

Contributors Preface Acknowledgements The Chiang Mai Declaration Part I. Introduction: 1. Medicinal plants: policies and priorities O. Akerele 2. The joint IUCN-WWF plants conservation programme and its interest in medicinal plants O. Hamann Part II. The Issue of Medicinal Plants: 3. Global importance of medicinal plants N. R. Farnsworth and D. D. Soejarto 4. Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants - the search for new jungle medicines M. J. Plotkin 5. The reason for ethnobotanical conservation R. E. Schultes Part III. Science, Industry and Medicinal Plants: 6. Valuing the biodiversity of medicinal plants P. P. Principe 7. Economic aspects of exploitation of medicinal plants A. Husain 8. Industry and the conservation of medicinal plants A. Bonati 9. Information systems and databases for the conservation of medicinal plants H. Synge and V. Heywood Part IV. Techniques to Conserve Medicinal Plants: 10. Agronomy applied to medicinal plant conservation D. Palevitch 11. Biotechnology in the production and conservation of medicinal plants H. M. Schumacher 12. Enhancing the role of protected areas in conserving medicinal plants J. A. McNeely and J. W. Thorsell 13. Botanic gardens and the conservation of medicinal plants V. Heywood 14. The role of Chinese botanical gardens in conservation of medicinal plants He Shan-an and Cheng Zhong-ming Part V. Policies to Conserve Medicinal Plants: 15. Policies and organisation for medicinal plant conservation in Sri Lanka W. J. M. Lokubandara 16. Experience in the conservation of medicinal plants in Sri Lanka L. de Alwis 17. The conservation of medicinal plants used in primary health care in Thailand Pricha Desawadi 18. Medicinal plants and the law C. de Klemm 19. Let's stop talking to ourselves: the need for public awareness P. S. Wachtel 20. Germplasm, genetic erosion and the conservation of Indonesian medicinal plants M. A. Rifai and K. Kartawinata Part VI. Experiences from Programmes to Conserve Medicinal Plants: 21. Medicinal plants in India: approaches to exploitation and conservation S. K. Alok 22. The Chinese approach to medicinal plants - their utilisation and conservation Xiao Pei-gen 23. Conservation of medicinal plants in Kenya J. O. Kokwaro 24. Complexity and conservation of medicinal plants: anthropological cases from Peru and Indonesia C. Padoch, T. C. Jessup, H. Soedjito and K. Kartawinata 25. Utilisation of indigenous medicinal plants and their conservation in Bangladesh A. S. Islam 26. Development of a conservation policy on commercially exploited medicinal plants: a case study from Southern Africa A. B. Cunningham 27. Proposals for international collaboration O. Akerele.