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Medicinal Plants > Medicinal Plants Conservation
Medicinal Plants ConservationBGCI is working to secure the future of the world's most threatened medicinal plants. 
Safety Nets for Medicinal PlantsThe Safety Nets project is about the protection of medicinal plants around the world. Huge pressure on medicinal plant resources, largely from habitat destruction and over-harvesting, is straining nature's ability to cope and we are putting human health at risk as a result. 
Plants for Life: Medicinal Plants Under ThreatBGCI has published the findings of a year-long investigation into the state of medicinal plants around the world. 
CITES and Medicinal Plants Study: A Summary of FindingsBGCI is working to link plant conservation with improvements in human well-being through a new project for threatened medicinal species to help ensure on-going access to vital plant resources. Medicinal plant displays are popular features in gardens, who also contribute research and other services. Latest NewsGLOBAL
16th January 2008
From a desert succulent that may ‘cure’ obesity, to a Chinese magnolia effective against previously untreatable cancers, hundreds of the planet’s most promising medicinal plants are facing an imminent threat, warn world’s experts. BALI
15th October 2007
There are more than 491 medicinal plant species in Bali. A worrying trend of the extinction of many of these Balinese medicinal plants has become a concern at the Eka Karya Bali Botanic Garden. INDIA
15th March 2006
Arogya Pacha, a traditional herbal medicine from southern India, has been used to develop a restorative drug. Patents have been taken out both in India and the US on the new drug. |
Medicinal Plants - Nature Palace Foundation, Uganda
 NFP in Uganda are involved in a project with BGCI of strengthening community collaboration through joint strategic planning with a focus of cultivating essential medicinal plants for income and health promotion at household level. Download this PDF to find out more. |
