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

[pankaj oudhia]

Thanks Olivia for this news. Here are two recent references on "Traditional Healing and Climate Change".

Oudhia, P. (2006-2007). That’s how Climate Change is
affecting Traditional Healing. 1. Interactions with Traditional Healers having
expertise in use of medicinal mite Trombidium in Indian state Chhattisgarh.
http://www.Ecoport.org

Oudhia, P. (2008). That’s how Climate Change is affecting
Traditional Healing in Indian state Chhattisgarh. II. Effect on Kodomillet
(Paspalum scrobiculatum). CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity) Raipur,
 India.


Pankaj Oudhia

http://knol.google.com/k/pankaj-oudhia/-/3nerdtj3s9l79/0

--- On Wed, 18/2/09, Olivia Kwong <plant at plantconservation.org> wrote:
From: Olivia Kwong <plant at plantconservation.org>
Subject: [MPWG] NEWS: Medicinal Plants at Risk Due to Climate Change
To: mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org
Date: Wednesday, 18 February, 2009, 7:48 PM

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).

See the link above for the full press release text.




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