[MPWG] Call for proposals to review the current status of wild populations of Ligusticum porteri - Deadline: March 30, 2012

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

FYI: See call for proposals, below!

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

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The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Foundation for Education 
and Research on Botanicals (AHPA-ERB Foundation) is accepting grant 
proposals for a study to determine the current status of wild populations 
of Ligusticum porteri, commonly know as osha. Other common names for this 
plant include Colorado cough root, Porter's lovage, Porter's 
licorice-root, Porter's wild lovage, loveroot, bear medicine, bear root, 
mountain lovage, Indian parsley, mountain ginseng, nipo, and chuchupate.
 
The current need for protection of the osha root supply cannot be 
determined due to a lack of verifiable scientific data on the vigor or 
decline of wild populations of the species and those factors that could 
enhance or threaten the plant's survival. The AHPA-ERB Foundation is 
requesting interested parties to submit a one- to two-page concept paper 
for a proposal that would lead to objective information about the status 
of osha in the wild and sustainable root-harvest practices that would 
ensure survival of the species.
 
Research objectives for the study may include the location and inventory 
of osha in the United States, to evaluate the sustainability of current 
harvest practices in southeast Colorado, or other suitable locations, and 
to develop and propose best-practice recommendations for ensuring the 
protection of osha from over-collection or other threats that could limit 
the long-term viability of this plant species.
 
It is anticipated that an award for a research study will made based on 
the review of the full applications that will be requested from selected 
parties after receipt and review of the concept papers.
 
For more information and to review the proposal concept announcement, 
download the call for proposal concepts 
(http://www.ahpa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=69&aId=749). Concept papers are to 
be submitted to AHPA Chief Science Officer Steven Dentali, Ph.D., via 
email 
(Steven Dentali <SDentali at ahpa.org>). Submissions are due no later than 
March 30, 2012.





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