CONSERVATION and SUSTAINABLE USE of MEDICINAL PLANTS CSMPP

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CONSERVATION and SUSTAINABLE USE of MEDICINAL
PLANTS (CSMPP)

• Medhin Zewdu
• Project Coordinator
• CSMPP_at_telecom.net.et

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Project objectives

• The major objectives of the project are capacity
  building (IPR field genebank)
• validation of traditional medicine (safety and
  efficacy) for treatment of both human and animal
  disease and
• in-situ conservation in and around the Bale
  Mountains National Park Area.

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Detailed activities

• Establishing medicinal plants field genebank
• Developing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and
  policy guidelines.
• Conduct ethnomedical survey to explore
  utilization of medicinal plants and traditional
  health practices for the prevention of HIV and
  mitigation of adverse impacts of AIDS.
• Conduct research on the propagation and
  cultivation methods of selected indigenous
  medicinal plants for human and livestock
  diseases.

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...activities

• Phytochemical studies including, extraction,
  standardization, safety and efficacy testing,
  dosage determination and formulation.
• Development of a National Medicinal Plants
  Database (NMDP).
• An in-depth socio-economic survey

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activities

• identify villagers/users having greatest impact
  on wild populations of medicinal plants through
  harvesting and other activities and
• identify villagers/farmers for on-farm pilot
  propagation cultivation trials of medicinal
  plants to reduce pressure from wild populations.

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activities

• An in-depth biological survey and assessment of
  in-situ and ex-situ conservation, zoning of key
  areas within the Park
• Development and implementation of appropriate
  management options and guidelines for sustainable
  harvesting of medicinal plants.

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...activities

• Marketing and utilization of medicinal plants by
  THPs in and around the Bale Mountains National
  Park (BMNP).
• Piloting of farmer based cultivation trials for a
  selected number of threatened and indigenous
  medicinal plant species on the boundaries, in
  home gardens and in buffer zones of the National
  Park.
• Training of (a) relevant personnel in the
  conservation and management of medicinal plants
  (b) farmers for pilot propagation and cultivation
  and management.

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Expected outputs

• Field gene bank established serving research and
  conservation efforts.
• Guideline for sustainable harvest of medicinal
  plants.
• Cultivation practices of medicinal plants and
  develop sense of ownership of communities over
  the resources.

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outputs

• Three phytomedicine for human diseases dosage
  formulated (tapeworm infections, broncho
  pneumonia and hypertension)
• Three phytomedicine for animal diseases (tapeworm
  infections, mastitis and dermatophilosis)
  developed.
• IPR policy guideline for sharing IK

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Constraints

• Project components were described in the absence
  of clarity as to the detailed activities to be
  undertaken under each component. Involvement of
  communities was not designed properly.
• Communication among the various stakeholders
  including communities was not strong both
  vertical and horizontal

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Learning Exchange

• SOP experts in China, India and South Korea
• ESTC team in China
• IBCR, ESTC, THA, EHNRI CSMPP in India Sri
  Lanka.

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Lessons learnt from the exchange
Sri Lankan Medicinal Plants project

• The approach in communities involvement
• Designing income generating activities as
  incentive
• Creating market opportunities (Export and local)
• Formalizing Traditional Medicine institutional
  setups.

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lessons learnt
Indian experience various

• Institutional set up of traditional medicine
• Role of Self Help Groups
• Role of Women in cultivation and production of
  herbal medicine
• Role of ITC in PHC

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..lessons learnt

• TBGRI linkage with communities
• Award for the model for benefit sharing
• Ethnomedical documentation
• Etc.

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Follow-up of study tour

• 1.      Documentation of IK
• v     Dynamic farmer based crop genetic resources
  in-situ conservation project supported by GEF
• v     CSMPP in traditional medicine FVM
  ethnoveterinary survey in two regions DDR
  traditional medicine for human use book is under
  publishing

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progresses

• 1.      Validation of traditional medicine
• Safety and efficacy studies by CSMPP
• Ethnomedical survey by DDR follow up of the
  survey being proposed
• 2.      Training to Traditional Health
  Practitioners including TBAs
• Initiative of Women Association of Tigray 1400
  TBAs trained and provided delivery kits

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progresses

• 1.      Institutionalizing Traditional medicine
• v     DDR/EHNRI
• v     Ethnobiology department within IBCR
• v     Tigray Health Bureau initiative to
  integrate the practice
• 2.      Certification of THPs
• v     Initiative of the project (CSMPP) with the
  MoH
• v     Incorporating the program in the Annual
  plan of the MoH for certification and provision
  of training

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progresses

• 1.      Policy issues
• v     IPR guideline being developed by the ESTC
• v     Access to genetic resources and community
  benefit sharing.
• 2.      In-situ and ex-situ conservation
  techniques
• IBCRs experience, community collaborative works,
  study tours in different countries, etc.

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progresses

• 1.      Dissemination of experience learnt in
  South Asian countries
• v     The Report shared with the MoH
• v     Introductory workshop conducted in four
  weredas of Bale zone to farmers and officials of
  the weredas
• v     Briefly reported on the Annual Review
  Workshop of the project
• v     Study tour organized for a group of ten
  people to TBGRI, first week of May.

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• 1.      Use of IT at community level?
• v     Satellite distance learning facilities are
  being setup in the rural areas
• v     ESTC has started establishing IT centers in
  small towns.

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Next steps

• 1.      Community based home garden establishment
• 2.      Designing income generating activities
  for communities (Technical assistance from IUCN)
• 3.      Seeking consultancy on involvement of
  CBOs
• 4.      Registering THPs in the different regions
  and develop guideline for certification