[MPWG] NEWS: Medicinal Plants at Risk Due to Climate Change

[Olivia Kwong]

http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20090218/DC7210218022009-1.html

Medicinal Plants at Risk Due to Climate Change

Conservation experts express concerns about future supplies in HerbalGram 
article

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Climate change is 
affecting medicinal and aromatic plants around the world and could 
ultimately lead to losses of some key species. This conclusion is based on 
the research, observations, and opinions of multiple medicinal plant 
researchers and conservationists, as reported in the cover article of the 
latest issue of HerbalGram, the quarterly journal of the American 
Botanical Council (ABC).

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