Conservation and economic benefits of medicinal plants

This study, therefore, assessed the economic benefits and conservation status of medicinal plants in the Asukese and Amama Forest Reserves in Ghana.

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Conservation and economic benefits of medicinal plants: Insights from forest-fringe communities of Southwestern Ghana

Conservation and economic benefits of medicinal plants - NASA ADS

Diverse plant species are used to treat predominant diseases in forest fringe communities. Medicinal plants contribute 64 % of the gross annual income of ...

Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants

The aims of organic farming of medicinal plants include producing material with better quality and high productivity, and ensuring the ...

Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants: problems ...

In situ conservation of whole communities allows us to protect indigenous plants and maintain natural communities, along with their intricate ...

Conservation and Sustainable Uses of Medicinal Plants ...

Therefore, sustainable use of medicinal plants, its conservation, and scientific management are necessary for ecosystem health and ecological stability.

Plants for life: Medicinal plant conservation and botanic gardens

To evaluate the patterns of use and the economic values of medicinal plants ... • American Medicinal Plants of Commercial Importance (133). Source: http ...

Medicinal Plants at Risk - Center for Biological Diversity

Economic Botany 49: 223-8. Myers, N. 1983. A Wealth of Wild Species ... Plant Conservation Alliance Medicinal Plant. Working Group (MPWG): www.nps ...

7. impact of cultivation and gathering of medicinal plants on ...

For threatened medicinal plant species cultivation is a conservation option because the constant drain of material from their populations is much higher than ...

Guidelines on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants - IRIS

To improve techniques for harvesting, storage and production. C. Conservation. 6. To conserve populations of medicinal plant species in natural habitats. 7.

Economic benefits of high value medicinal plants to Pakistani ...

It was observed that wild collection is almost the only source of medicinal plant raw material in the country, with virtually no cultivation. Gathering is ...

Evaluating natural medicinal resources and their exposure to global ...

The societal benefits of the sustainable and efficient use of medicinal biodiversity rely on robust, evidence-based knowledge of plant therapeutic properties.

Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and ...

Global demand for medicinal plants and fungi has threatened certain species, contributing to biodiversity loss and depletion of natural ...

Medicinal Plants - World Bank Documents and Reports

forestry, biodiversity conservation, health care, and social and economic sustainability. ... economic importance, particularly to the poor, of non-timber ...

Developing long-term conservation priority planning for medicinal ...

So far, about 35,000 plant species have been documented as used as medicinal plants [1]. Unfortunately, due to overexploitation, expansion of ...

sustainable use of medicinal plants - a multi-sectoral challenge and ...

A variety of individuals and institutions have an interest in securing the future of medicinal plant species both because of the direct benefits they provide ...

Conservation with local people: medicinal plants as cultural ...

In our study, we combined an ecological analysis of traditional medicinal plant species with an explorative analysis of the stakeholder landscape to understand ...

Conserving the Appalachian medicinal plant industry

Studies of possible opportunities for local value-added initiatives are needed to find ways to conserve economic benefits. A full strategic ...

Sustainable production of medicinal plants benefits community ...

Traditional ecological knowledge and medicinal plant diversity in ...

Medicinal plants are an ecosystem service directly implicated in human well-being. In many rural communities, they constitute a main treatment for disease ...