Ownership and Sustainability Issues of Botanical Medicines

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dc.contributor.authorShingu, Gamaniel K.
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-20T03:53:11Z
dc.date.available2007-06-20T03:53:11Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe World Health Organization estimates that more than 70% of the world’s population, especially those who reside in the tropics, rely almost exclusively on plants as a primary source of medicines. Over the last decades an awareness has grown of the pharmacological potential of medicinal plants, and a potentially bright future for drugs developed from natural products. At the same time, the use of plants in medical practice contributes to the growing threat to species and ecosystem preservation. This paper expands the narrow view of plants as sources for pharmaceutical development to discuss botanical medicine from an economic and human development perspective. I consider strategies that can ensure that the benefits that accrue from utilization of indigenous plant knowledge become positive forces for human development. Issues of sustainability are discussed vis à vis poverty, protection of ecosystems, and the potential for future use and longterm viability of medicinal species. Issues of ownership also are presented in the context of intellectual property rights, with particular reference to the inadequacy of patent rights to protect indigenous knowledge.
dc.identifier.citationShingu GK. 2005. Ownership and sustainability issues of botanical medicines. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 3:17-24.
dc.identifier.issn1547-3465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/150
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subjectethnobotany
dc.subjectownership
dc.subjectsustainable development
dc.subjectintellectual property rights
dc.subjectpatents
dc.subjectindigenous knowledge
dc.subjectmedicinal plants
dc.subjecttraditional medicine
dc.subjectherbal medicines
dc.subjectthreatened species
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectforest resources
dc.subjectquality control
dc.subjectproduct quality standards
dc.subjectrural education and training
dc.subjectdatabases
dc.subjectbiotechnology
dc.subjectresearch and development
dc.subjectrural poverty
dc.titleOwnership and Sustainability Issues of Botanical Medicines
dc.typeArticle
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