Cultivating medicinal plants in India

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Cultivating medicinal plants in India

	Summary Recognizing the link between plants and rural livelihoods, the Medicinal Plant Conservation Centre (MPCC) in India has advanced medicinal plant conservation and reduced poverty. How Donors Like You Helped Thanks to donors like you, a total of $290 was raised for this project.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In conjunction with local communities, MPCC encourages economic development opportunities through cultivation of medicinal plants, a decentralized system of nurseries raising 50,000 plants of 50 different species, and a network of herbal production centers.

Activities

By promoting cultivation of medicinal herbs, MPCC relieves much of the pressure on dwindling natural supplies of these plants.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $290

Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $290as of Feb 26 2004. The original project funding goal was $33,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Through collaborative botanical inventories, villagers and MPCC have laid a sound foundation for conservation work in the state.

Project Message

The work of MPCC allows tribal communities, previously excluded from conservation work, the opportunity to actively participate in efforts to protect their botanical heritage.
- Sean Southey, UNDP

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sean Southey,
UNDP
405 Lexington Avenue
4th floor
New York, NY 10174
United States
212-457-1709
Email:

Project Sponsor

United Nations Development Programme

Organization

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
One United Nations Plaza
21st Floor
New York, NY 10017
United States
212-906-5000
http://www.undp.org

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