[MPWG] NEWS: Therapy needed for medicinal plants

[MoonBranch Botanicals]

Thanks for the article Olivia! This is a great piece illustrating some of the issues at hand. Here in North Carolina, a state that leads the nation in the loss of farm and forest lands, the need to curb development pressures and the resulting threat to lands in traditional use is critical.

Here in the Yellow Creek community, we are organizing residents to look at potential solutions to unbridled development. One potential outcome of this community organization will be the procurement of resources to purchase private lands that we hope to keep in traditional use.

I would like to challenge others around the globe, where possible, to look at similar local strategies to help solve these global issues affecting our plant allies.

Thanks again for the article!
Robin

-----Original Message-----
>From: Olivia Kwong <plant at plantconservation.org>
>Sent: May 30, 2008 11:19 AM
>To: mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org
>Subject: [MPWG] NEWS: Therapy needed for medicinal plants
>
>http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=134021
>
>Therapy needed for medicinal plants
>20 May 2008
>
>Cambridge, UK, 20 May 2008: It is well known that there are plants that 
>save lives; the question now is who saves these plants from over- 
>exploitation, habitat loss and a host of other threats.
>
>See the link above for the full article text.
>
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Robin Alton Suggs
MoonBranch Botanicals
5294 Yellow Creek Road
Robbinsville, North Carolina 28771 
USA

Telephone: 828.479.2788
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www.moonbranch.com

Member:
American Herbalist Guild
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project; Farm Partner
Co-op America 
Green Products Alliance 
National Network of Forest Practitioners
North Carolina Consortium on Natural Medicines 
North Carolina Goodness Grows/NCDA&CS 
North Carolina Natural Products Association
Southwestern North Carolina RC&D Council
United Plant Savers


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