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Lions Mobilize $1.5 Million for China Earthquake Relief
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Dane LaJoye of Lions Clubs International, +1-630-468-
6764, Dane.LaJoye@lionsclubs.org, or Nicole Brown of Lions Clubs
International Foundation, +1-630-468-6887,
Nicole.Brown@lionsclubs.org
As the only international volunteer service organization in
China, Lions clubs are responding to immediate and long-term needs
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Lions
Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) announced that it is
mobilizing US$1.5 million to aid Lions-led relief efforts in China.
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The Medicinal Plant Working Group.(efforts of the Plant Conservation Alliance to protect native medicinal herbs)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Endangered Species Bulletin
; ...regarding species of medicinal and economic importance...in native medicinal plant conservation; * encouraging...to native medicinal plants; and * generating financial...for native medicinal plant projects. The PCA...do to help conserve medicinal plants, such as ...
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Alpine medicinal plant trade and Himalayan mountain livelihood strategies.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal
; ...importance of commercial medicinal plant trade to harvesters...from sale of medicinal plants and other plant products harvested in...engaged in commercial medicinal plant harvesting; of...of alpine medicinal plant trade to rural livelihoods...commercial ...
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The Medicinal Plant Working Group.
Newspaper article from: Endangered Species Update
; ...regarding species of medicinal and economic importance...in native medicinal plant conservation; * encouraging...to native medicinal plants; and * generating financial...for native medicinal plant projects. The PCA...do to help conserve medicinal plants, such as ...
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Traditional medicinal plant knowledge and use by local healers in Sekoru District, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia.(Research)(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
; ...communities. In Ethiopia, medicinal plants have been used as traditional...immemorial. These medicinal plants are estimated to be...and use of medicinal plant species in Ethiopia...knowledge and use of medicinal plant species used to...using ethnomedicinal plants ...
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Health for sale: the medicinal plant markets in Trujillo and Chiclayo, Northern Peru.(Research)(Statistical data)
Magazine article from: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
; ...contemporary use of plants by local healers...general, buy their medicinal plants often in local...the value of the plant material traded...international market for medicinals receives high interest...volumes of local medicinal markets hardly...the quantities of plant material ...
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A journey through the Medicinal Plant Industry of the Caribbean highlighting Mona's Contribution
Magazine article from: Caribbean Quarterly
; ...of the flowering plants (800 of 3000...journey through the Medicinal Plant Industry of the Caribbean...wide Medicinal Plant Industry The world-wide medicinal plant industry is very...trade in the dried plants exceeding US $800...
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China collects 5000 medicinal plant germplasams.
Newspaper article from: China Business News
; China collects 5000 medicinal plant germplasams Shanghai. July 17. INTERFAX...shows that China has about 5000 medicinal plant germplasms. Plant germplasm is the living tissue from which new plants can be grown. Germplasm is usually a seed...
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MEDICINAL PLANT FOLKLORE AND THE AYURVEDIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE IN THE INDO-TIBETAN OUTER HIMALAYAS.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science
; ...therefore, to identify the medicinal flora and medicinal...than 15,000 known plant species in the Himalayan...medicine, as many as 400 plants are used in indigenous...with the locally used plants. Voucher specimens...identification of the plant material was confirmed...RESULTS ...
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In vitro propagation of a high value medicinal plant: Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology
; ...Willd. is an important medicinal plant of tropical and subtropical...important medicinal plants of the Western Ghats...sequential transfer of plants to a greenhouse, polyhouse...the tissue-cultured plants were transferred to...in the roots of the plant (Anonymous, Wealth...
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Human Taste and Cognition in Tzeltal Maya Medicinal Plant Use
Magazine article from: Journal of Ecological Anthropology
; ...phytochemicals by selecting plants to use as medicinals and that taste plays a major...served as a chemical cue for plants appropriate for treating...were asked to taste common medicinal preparations, describe the...medicinal use of the source plant. They were also shown dried ...
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