Hey Adetokunbo: New subscriber here, found you as I write on similar topic.
This is interesting... I've never considered conservation from the standpoint of medical research. Reminds me of Ayurveda in India, where they are having difficulties because several plants mentioned in the ancient remedies are endangered and hard to find. Nice work, looking forward to more, especially since I'm quite interested in the African perspective but don't find many African writers here!
Nah, many African writers are here. And it's good to hear from you, especially as we share the same interests.Your mention of Ayurveda also reminds me of Africa. Difficulties abound because many plants are gone. Going forwards, it will get increasingly difficult to get many more plants.
The Indian government currently grows some of these plants in protected areas, so Ayurveda practitioners can use them. Still, many plants are wild and can't be cultivated as easily. Its important that traditional medicine in both Asia and Africa is documented on paper, so we atleast have a chance in future! Lets hope.
Yes, you're correct. It is critical for traditional medicine to be documented, because if they're not documented, lots of information that were supposed to be documented won't be documented, and the future generation won't have a chance, since they won't have documents to guide them where traditional medicine is concerned.
Good info Adetokundo. It is important humans wake up to what we are doing to other species. I too just did a piece on the massive loss of wildlife populations -- absolutely tragic. Thanks for writing and the good research.
Hey Adetokunbo: New subscriber here, found you as I write on similar topic.
This is interesting... I've never considered conservation from the standpoint of medical research. Reminds me of Ayurveda in India, where they are having difficulties because several plants mentioned in the ancient remedies are endangered and hard to find. Nice work, looking forward to more, especially since I'm quite interested in the African perspective but don't find many African writers here!
Nah, many African writers are here. And it's good to hear from you, especially as we share the same interests.Your mention of Ayurveda also reminds me of Africa. Difficulties abound because many plants are gone. Going forwards, it will get increasingly difficult to get many more plants.
The Indian government currently grows some of these plants in protected areas, so Ayurveda practitioners can use them. Still, many plants are wild and can't be cultivated as easily. Its important that traditional medicine in both Asia and Africa is documented on paper, so we atleast have a chance in future! Lets hope.
Yes, you're correct. It is critical for traditional medicine to be documented, because if they're not documented, lots of information that were supposed to be documented won't be documented, and the future generation won't have a chance, since they won't have documents to guide them where traditional medicine is concerned.
Good info Adetokundo. It is important humans wake up to what we are doing to other species. I too just did a piece on the massive loss of wildlife populations -- absolutely tragic. Thanks for writing and the good research.
I agree with you. What we're doing to other species is absolutely tragic. The repercussions on humans could also be tragic.
The clearest sign of the effects of climate change, it's wild life. Great writing as always Adetokunbo, keep it up
No doubt about it. The wild life shows the clearest effect of climate change.