<div>Dear Magudapathy,</div> <div> You can also write to National Medicinal Plant Board</div> <div><A href="http://nmpb.nic.in/">http://nmpb.nic.in/</A></div> <div> </div> <div>and FRLHT, Bangalore at</div> <div><A href="http://www.frlht.org.in/">http://www.frlht.org.in/</A></div> <div> </div> <div>for grants as well as technical help.</div> <div> </div> <div>ALL THE BEST.</div> <div>Pankaj Oudhia<BR><BR><B><I>rrr@montana.com</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Dear Magudapathy,<BR><BR>First, I just want to say that India is doing AMAZING projects based in<BR>local communities. America is so bereft in this respect. We could learn so<BR>much from these projects in India.<BR><BR>A few possible grant resources:<BR><BR>the Botanical Gardens Conservation International<BR>http://www.bgci.org/<BR><BR>See also CIEER
at<BR>http://www.cieer.org<BR><BR>Check out Global Giving:<BR>http://www.globalgiving.com/index.html<BR><BR>Can you use American students to help in herbarium, gardens?<BR>Can you use teaching of plant identification skills?<BR>If so, let's talk. I'm ready to write some grants.<BR><BR>Best Regards,<BR>Robyn<BR><BR>-- <BR>Robyn Klein, MS Medical Botany<BR>Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology<BR>119 Plant BioScience Building<BR>Montana State University<BR>Bozeman, MT 59717-3150<BR>robyn@montana.edu<BR><BR>> This is Magudapathy, post graduated in Agriculture and currently in the<BR>> field of Medicinal Plants and its conservation. We are having small<BR>> germplasm collection of around 250 medicinal plants (including rare and<BR>> endangered) in Salem, TN, INDIA. We would like to expand it in bigger way<BR>> by<BR>> adding few hundred rare and endangered species, classroom facilities, and<BR>> other infrastructure. The garden is servicing free
to Agriculture,<BR>> forestry,<BR>> horticultural officers, students of botany, agriculture, horticulture,<BR>> siddha and Ayurvedic discipline, practitioners of siddha, ayurveda and<BR>> local<BR>> natural healers, school students and common public without any monitory<BR>> benefits. This institute is recognised by Periyar University, Salem and<BR>> Govt<BR>> Arts and Scinece College for oncampus training centre.<BR>><BR>> I would be happy if you could kindly guide us to get any technical support<BR>> and financial assistance to upgrade the garden to serve to the entire<BR>> plant<BR>> lovers.<BR>><BR>> with kind regards<BR>> K.Magudapathy M.Sc (Agri)<BR>> ABS Botanical Conservation, Training and Research Institute,<BR>> Karippati,<BR>> Salem-<BR>> TN, INDIA, dunhillsph@gmail.com<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> PCA's Medicinal Plant Working Group mailing list<BR>>
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