Forests

DG Vaishnav to help colleges go green

IN a bid to revive ancient medicinal and healing techniques and to create a healthy environment, DG Vaishnav College has launched a

Publication Date: 
04/06/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Horticulture, Afforestation, Medicinal Plants, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (T), New Indian Express (Chennai)
Biodiversity

Food giant Nestl accused of biopiracy

Nestl

Publication Date: 
02/06/2010
Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
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Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Food Process Industry, Medicinal Plants, Biodiversity, Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing, Patents, South Africa, Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
Forests

Forest medicinal plant cultivation awards on cards

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh State Minor Forest Produce Federation has invited entries for Forest Medicinal Plant Cultivation Awards for the years 2009 and 2010 till May 22. This award was established in the year 2003.

Publication Date: 
02/06/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Forests, Minor Forest Produce, Health Care, Medicinal Plants, Awards, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (D), Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Health

Legislative regulation of traditional medicinal knowledge in Eritrea vis--vis Eritrea's commitments under the Convention

On 21 March 1996, Eritrea acceded to the Convention on Biological Diversity which, among others, obliges states to sustainably conserve and develop customary uses of biological resources. Among the many forms of traditional practices of biological resources is traditional medicinal knowledge.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Senai W. Andemariam
Law Environment And Development Journal
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Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Health, Traditional Knowledge, Medicinal Plants, Legislation, Eritrea, Law Environment And Development Journal, Senai W. Andemariam
Health

Poisoned Ivy

Rooted Out

A report has deemed 335medicinal plants threatened
The cause: their use in ayurvedic medicines, for which there is a growing global demand
Guggal, from which gum-resin is used in ayurvedic medicines, is virtually extinct in India
One corrective initiative from the government is the setting up of 29 medicinal plant conservation areas (MPCAs)
A Rs 630-crore Nati

Publication Date: 
24/05/2010
Amba Batra Bakshi
Outlook (New Delhi)
Tags:
Medicinal Plants, India, Ayurveda, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Tripura, Tamil Nadu
Agriculture

Shivpuri farmers cultivate Tulsi - A Success Story

Shivpuri : Taking advantage of the state government schemes and with their own efforts and hard work farmers of this district has given a unique identity in the field of farming to this district. Now several farmers of this district are taking interest to cultivate forest medicinal plants along with their traditional farming.

Publication Date: 
12/05/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Agriculture, Horticulture, Tulsi, Farmers, Medicinal Plants, Madhya Pradesh, Shivpuri (D), Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Agriculture

State pops plant pill for growth

- Medicinal herbs to be cultivated on 1800 acres across six districts

To wipe out poverty from villages, the state government has decided to promote cultivation of medicinal plants in a big way.

Publication Date: 
04/05/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Medicinal Plants, Poverty, Jharkhand, Deoghar (D), Purba Singhbhum, Telegraph (Ranchi)
Forests

SSB protectors for Singalila forest species

- WWF trains border guards to conserve park & keep away smugglers

Siliguri, April 30: The forest department is trying to bring in the Sashastra Seema Bal to check the smuggling of rare medicinal plants from the Singalila National Park to Nepal.

The 78.6sqkm park is on the Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2010
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Forests, Medicinal Plants, Wildlife, National Parks, WWF, Sikkim, West Bengal, Darjiling (D), Siliguri, Extinct Species
Health

India joins hands with UK, US to protect traditional knowledge

India is expecting a rapid decline in the number of patents claim over its traditional medicinal formulations at the US and UK patents office following TKDL (Traditional Knowledge Digital Library) Access Agreements with these two countries.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Traditional Knowledge, Health Care, Medicinal Plants, Patents, United States Of America (US), India
Forests

No clear-cut policy yet on green cover incentive

BHUBANESWAR: Development is fine. But when it comes at the cost of precious green cover, it brings in catastrophe. And it says all as the rapid loss of canopy is linked to the rising mercury level.

The Capital city has sacrificed 2,626 trees during 2005-

Publication Date: 
23/04/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Conservation, Afforestation, Trees, Medicinal Plants, Orissa (Odisha)

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