This volume comprises of research articles presented at first Global Summit of Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, Gloss-2008 during February 7-9, 2009. This volume critically examines various complex issues relating to erosion of habitats medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) around the globe. Poor people in hill and mountain regions of South Asia and Africa not only resort to participatory conservation of medicinal plant biodiversity but also draw more than 50% of their livelihood from MAPs and non-timber forest produces. The existing policies, programmes and strategies adopted by different national governments relating to natural resource management fail to address the challenges of continuous erosion in the livelihood of poor and indigenous people. The concern for inappropriate threat assessment of the MAP species and stimulation of community based enterprise and capacity building approach for scientific collection, conservation and harvesting practices has been drastically missed. The overexploitation of wild medicinal plants in different regions of South Asia and Africa has posed serious threat to biodiversity. The legal experts and environmentalists have prioritized on integration of the conservation of biodiversity by local people and stimulation of cultivation of endangered medicinal plants with law enforcement approach. The conservation policies, strategies and programmes need to be renewed with people centred, benefit sharing, focused and biodiversity enriching principles.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR D N Tewari
Dr. Dina Nath Tewari, M.Sc (Chemstry). PhD, D.Sc is a legendary figure of the country. At present he is holding the Chair of Vice Chairman, State Planning Board, Chhattisgarh. During his professional career he has contributed to formulation of various International and National policies on forestry, eco system development and environment. He has served Government of India in different capacities such as Member of Planning Commission, Director General, Indian Council of Forestry, Research and Education, Chairman, National Commission on Integrated Water Resource Development, Chairman, Indian Space Committee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Committee. As a leading academician of the country, he has not only authored 103 books rural development, eco-system and development, forestry, environment but also worked as Vice Chancellor, Guru Ghasidas University, Chhatisgarh. He has been awarded with most prestigious Commonwealth Forestry Prize. He is a distinguished Advisor to International agencies like UNDP, WHO and IFAD.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R N Pati
R.N. Pati (born in April 1954) is an eminent Social Anthropologists cum Demographer by profession. He has worked among tribes, peasants, slum dwellers and back ward groups of Orissa over a period of twenty years. Currently he is Assistant Director, Population Research Centre, Bhubaneswar. As a demographer he has contributed significantly in the field of tribal health, evaluation of health and family welfare programmes in Orissa. He has also visited Kualalampur, Malaysia and Honolulu, USA on a Fulbright Project assignment in 1982. He is an eminent Social Worker of Orissa. He has been actively associated with activities of various institutions in different capacities. He has visited several foreign countries like USA, Norway, Netherlands and participated in different international conferences, i.e., 20th World Conference o SID on “World or Severalâ€, Amsterdam May 1991, ECO-92 Public Forum, May 1991, Amsterdam, 30th IULA World Congress on “Environment, Health and Life Style†June 1991 Osio, Norway, South Asia Regional Conference on Policies and Strategies for Sustainable Development in South Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 1990. He is Honorary Executive Director of Council for Tribal and Rural Development (CTRD) a leading NGO of Orissa. He was rthe Professional Associate to East-West Population Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA in 1982. At present, he is Secretary General, Society for International Development of Bhubaneswar Chapter. He worked as Consultant Anthropologist to NORAD in 1981 and 1987 for the project, Development of Traditional Fishing villages in Northern Balasore. He worked as Consultant anthropologist to various national and international agencies. He has directed a good number of research projects sponsored by National Commission for Women, New Delhi, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, Harijan and Tribal Welfare Department, Government of Orissa. He has edited twelve books. His other books are Population Family and Culture (1987), Tribal Development in India (1989), Aged in India (1989), Tribal Demography in India (1990), Health, Environment and Development (1991), Rehabilitation of Child Labourers in India (1991), Reproductive Child Health (2002) and Tribal and Indigenous People of India: Problems and Prospects (2002). He was honoured with prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhawana Award 2003 as the Best Scientist of the Year 2003 Orissa by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi.
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