THE RELEVANCE OF IPGRI’S WORK TO THE CONSERVATION OF AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS

The mandate of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) is “to advance the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.” Although the main focus of IPGRI’s work is plants for food and agriculture, many of the policies, strategies, technologies and information products that the Institute has been involved in developing are highly relevant to the conservation of medicinal plants.
The relevance of IPGRI’s work to aromatic and medicinal plants conservation is discussed in the context of the strategic objectives of the Institute: (1) To assist countries, particularly developing nations, to assess and meet their needs for plant genetic resources conservation, and to strengthen links to users; (2) To strengthen and contribute to international collaboration in the conservation and use of plant genetic resources; (3) To develop and promote improved strategies and technologies for plant genetic resources conservation; (4) To provide and international information service on plant genetic resources.
Important activities include work on a genetic resources access policy, networking for neglected species, seed storage research, research on in situ conservation, and the production of various information products.

II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 1: Biological Resources, Sustainable Use, Conservation and Ethnobotany

L. Guarino, S. Padulosi, H. Fassil, A.-S. Ouedraogo, R. Arora

genetic resources, conservation strategies and technologies, national programmes, networking, information service

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.500.22