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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQK99.A1 _bC66 1992
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245	0	4	_aThe conservation of medicinal plants : _bproceedings of an international consultation, 21-27 March 1988, held at Chiang Mai, Thailand / _cedited by Olayiwola Akerele, Vernon Heywood, and Hugh Synge.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1992.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 362 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aNearly all cultures, from ancient times to today, have used plants as a source of medicine. In many developing countries, traditional medicine is still the mainstay of health care and most of the drugs and cures used come from plants. In developed countries many people are turning to herbal remedies. With this widespread use has come the assumption that plants identified as having medicinal qualities will be available on a continuing basis. However no concerted effort has been made to ensure this and in the face of the threats of increasing demand, a vastly increasing human population and extensive forest destruction, there can be no guarantee that we will continue to benefit indefinitely from this valuable resource. In light of this situation the World Health Organisation held a meeting in 1988. This book is the outcome of that meeting, detailing in a series of papers by leading experts the problems of which need to be addressed, the existing experiences from a range of countries and the future direction which must be taken to ensure the conservation of the world's medicinal plants.
650		0	_aMedicinal plants _vCongresses.
650		0	_aPlant conservation _vCongresses.
650		0	_aMedicinal plants _xGovernment policy _vCongresses.
650		0	_aPlant conservation _xGovernment policy _vCongresses.
700	1		_aAkerele, Olayiwola, _eeditor.
700	1		_aHeywood, V. H. _q(Vernon Hilton), _d1927- _eeditor.
700	1		_aSynge, Hugh, _eeditor.
710	2		_aWorld Health Organization, _eissuing body.
710	2		_aInternational Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, _eissuing body.
710	2		_aWorld Wide Fund for Nature, _eissuing body.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521392068
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511753312
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