Lagos-Witte, Sonia2012-08-132012-08-132006-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10730The issues of medical plant conservation have been the focus of many formal and informal discussions at national and international forums, seminars, workshops, conferences and congresses in the last 10 years. Caribbean and Central American countries are adopting common policies on medicinal plant conservation and establishing collaborative projects and appropriate agreements for research programs in order to achieve a new status for the protection of medicinal plant diversity. This paper for the most part reports on the the TRAMIL Program (Scientific Research on Medicinal Plants in the Caribbean Basin) coordinated since 1982. TRAMIL has focused on conserving traditional community knowledge of folk remedies, and providing scientific validation of safety and efficacy needed to encourage national health policies that include traditional medicine in primary health care programs.CC BY 3.0 IGOBASINBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIODIVERSITY PROJECTSBIODIVERSITY SUPPORTBIODIVERSITY VALUESBIOLOGISTSBIOSPHEREBIOSPHERE RESERVEBOTANICAL GARDENBOTANICAL GARDENSCENTRAL AMERICACENTRAL AMERICANCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY HEALTHCONSERVATIONCONSERVATION ACTIVITIESCONSERVATION ASSESSMENTCONSERVATION ATLASCONSERVATION EFFORTSCONSERVATION MONITORINGCONSERVATION OF NATURECONSERVATION PROGRAMSCONSERVATION STATUSCONSERVATION STRATEGYCONSERVATION TARGETSCULTIVATIONCULTURAL DIVERSITYCULTURAL PRACTICESCULTURAL SYSTEMSDOMESTICATED SPECIESECOSYSTEM CONSERVATIONENDEMIC PLANTSENDEMIC SPECIESENDEMISMEXOTIC SPECIESFLORISTIC DIVERSITYFORESTFOREST ECOSYSTEMFOREST ECOSYSTEMSFOREST PRODUCTSFORESTED AREASFORESTSGERMPLASMGLOBAL BIODIVERSITYHABITATHABITAT DIVERSITYHABITATSHEALTH EDUCATIONHOTSPOTSINDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGEINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINTEGRATIONISSUESLIVING RESOURCESLOCAL COMMUNITIESMARKETINGMEDICINAL PLANTMEDICINAL PLANT CONSERVATIONMEDICINAL PLANTSNATIONAL PARKNATIVE SPECIESNGOSPLANT DIVERSITYPLANT SPECIESPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPROTECTED AREASPROTECTIONPUBLIC HEALTHRAIN FORESTRAINFORESTREGIONAL CONSERVATIONRESEARCH PROGRAMRESEARCH PROGRAMSSCIENTISTSSOUTH AMERICASPECIESSPECIES DIVERSITYSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITYTAXONOMIC STUDIESTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGETRADITIONAL MEDICINETREESTROPICAL FORESTTROPICAL FORESTSUNIVERSITIESWILD SPECIESWILDLIFEWOODWOOD FOREST PRODUCTSWorld Bank10.1596/10730