Conserving medicinal species : securing a healthy future

Conserving medicinal species : securing a healthy future

Wild plant species are used for medicine in most countries of the world. A recent survey conducted by members of the Medicinal Plant Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission suggests that 72,000 species of higher plants are used medicinally worldwide, approximately 17% of the world’s higher plant flora. This publication contains a series of papers presented during the Global Synthesis Workshop on “Biodiversity loss and species extinction: managing risk in a changing world” held at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in 2004 and recognizes the importance of medicinal plants and other components of biodiversity to human welfare.

Publication
2006
Authors
Miththapala, Sriyanie