Ethnobotany & Ethnomedicine in Vanuatu
Traditional medicinal plants of Vanuatu Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 29 p.
Biodiscovering the value of Samoa Medicinal plants for health, heritage and livelihoods
Why medicinal plants matter to Samoa? Part of daily life & culture
Supports family health & wellbeing
Affordable & locally available
Protecting plants protects traditional knowledge
Valuing plants encourages conservationCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 18 p.
Medicinal and aromatic plants: Conserving health, heritage and livelihoods
Humanity uses up to 60,000 medicinal plant species worldwide.
Biodiversity is the basis for most patented pharmaceutic drugs, and the resource base for traditional health services to 80% of the global population, mainly in Africa, Asia and Pacific SIDS.
Nine Oceania governments engaged in the development of WHO’s traditional medicines strategy 2025-2034.Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 10 p.
Tonga is looking to produce a seed collection and storage system to strengthen food security. Seeds may include local fruits and traditional medicinal plants as well as indigenous plants.
With their rich repertoire of anti-infective substances, medicinal plants have always been key in the human fight to survive pathogens and parasites. The search for herbal drugs with novel structures and effects is still one of the great challenges of natural product research today.
