Medicinal Plants: An Expanding Role in Development

摘要: Medicinal plants are commonly used in treating and preventing specific ailments diseases considered to play a beneficial role health care. Despite their importance, medicinal seldom handled within an organized, regulated sector, most still exploited with little or no regard the future. The paper outlines importance usage of care, national conservation activities selected countries, World Bank development projects. final section focuses on developing country strategy needs for implementing policies covering plant conservation, cultivation, processing marketing. viewed as possible bridge between sustainable economic development, affordable care vital biodiversity.