| Introduction to the special issue: Saving plants, saving lives: Trade, sustainable harvest and conservation of traditional medicinals in Asia | |
Cunningham, A. B.1,2; Brinckmann, J. A.3; Yang, X.2,4; He, J.5
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| Corresponding Author | Cunningham, A. B.(tonyc05@bigpond.net.au) |
| 2019-01-30 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
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| ISSN | 0378-8741 |
| Volume | 229Pages:288-292 |
| Abstract | This "geographic and thematic" issue of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology focuses on the traditional medicines in trade in Asia on the 30th anniversary of the 1988 Chiang-Mai Declaration, an output of an historic meeting organized by WHO, IUCN and WWF. The emphasis on the Asian countries that represent the highest volume and value of medicinal plants trade in the world is deliberate. Not only because of the scale and speed of changes in traditional medicines trade in Asia, but also to highlight the conservation and sustainable use issues being faced today. In 1988, few studies had been done on the informal sector trade or on medicinal plant value chains and even fewer studies on cross-border trade in medicinal plants or fungi. At that time, e-commerce in Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM), so common today, did not even exist. And no comparitive, repeat studies of traditional medicines markets had been done at all. Thirty years later, this special issue illustrates how the traditional medicines trade has grown and changed. Links between medicinal plant conservation, scarcity and price on one hand and quality, safety and adulteration on the other are better understood. E-commerce in T&CM has grown exponentially, due to 51% of the world's population having internet access by 2017. Yet despite global policy goals for conservation and sustainable use, the challenges facing medicinal plants conservation are greater than ever before. Consequently, the need for co-operation between the health-care and conservation sectors recognised in 1988 is even greater today. And this is recognised in WHO's 2014-2023 strategy for traditional medicines, which identifies the need to raise awareness about issues of biodiversity and conservation as an important strategic action (WHO, 2013). This Special Issue is a small contribution towards that goal. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jep.2018.10.006 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000452343400029 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/67732 |
| Collection | 资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室 |
| Corresponding Author | Cunningham, A. B. |
| Affiliation | 1.Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Life Sci, King Edward Ave, ZA-3209 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, 132 Lanhei Rd, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Tradit Medicinals, 4515 Ross Rd, Sebastopol, CA 95472 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Southeast Asia Biodivers Res Inst, Yezin 05282, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 5.Yunnan Univ, Natl Ctr Borderland Ethn Studies Southwest China, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Cunningham, A. B.,Brinckmann, J. A.,Yang, X.,et al. Introduction to the special issue: Saving plants, saving lives: Trade, sustainable harvest and conservation of traditional medicinals in Asia[J]. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY,2019,229:288-292. |
| APA | Cunningham, A. B.,Brinckmann, J. A.,Yang, X.,&He, J..(2019).Introduction to the special issue: Saving plants, saving lives: Trade, sustainable harvest and conservation of traditional medicinals in Asia.JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY,229,288-292. |
| MLA | Cunningham, A. B.,et al."Introduction to the special issue: Saving plants, saving lives: Trade, sustainable harvest and conservation of traditional medicinals in Asia".JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 229(2019):288-292. |
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