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Invitation The International Organising Committee of the First International Conference on Conservation, Marketing and Patenting of Medicinal Plants (ICCMP) invites the submission of abstracts for the Global Summit. The Global Summit will be held at the Hotel Babylon Inn, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. The dates are postponed to 2010. The finalised program will be communicated to all delegates in time. Submission of abstracts closes on 30th January 2010. All expressions of interest are subject to approval by the Peer Review Committee. Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified by email. Pre-and Post-International Conference Workshops The International Organising Committee invites interested persons from Government Agencies, Donor Agencies, Lawyers and Environmentalists NGOs, media, processors, exporters, importers, and foreign buyers of herb, spice and essential oils to participate at pre and post International Conference workshops scheduled before or after the International Conference. This workshop will continue from three hours to six hours. Greater importance will be given on involvement of corporate houses, Civil Society organizations, media and stakeholders appropriately in the deliberation of the International Conference. These workshops will facilitate dissemination of information relating to the goals and objectives of the International Conference and sharing of proceedings of the Conference. The National Organising Committee reserves the right to decide the price per person for workshops following negotiations with presenters. Themes A serious of International Conventions has been organized to promote protocols and recommendations ensuring global agenda on plant conservation. These conventions are Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention, Ramsar, 1971), Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, Paris, 1972), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or Washington Convention, Washington, 1973), Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS or Bonn Convention, Bonn, 1979) and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, Rio de Janeiro, 1992). These conventions have sensitized the participating countries to commit themselves to common goals and implement these resolutions in a coordinated way through national legislation. The issues of Marketing of Medicinal Herbs are numerous which pose serious threat to policy makers, planners and development actors in promoting sustainable marketing mechanism of value added herbal products in different developing countries of the world. Maintaining the supply of medicinal plants is a problem mainly because most medicinal plants are harvested from the wild. The major bottleneck seems to be the linkage between the producers and processors. The challenges of conservation of medicinal plants in South Asia are numerous and complex which very often obstruct streamlining the policy formulation. These threats are as follows : Threatened by various environmental and socio-economic problems. Weakening and vanishing of traditional and indigenous knowledge. Inadequate funding, a lack of government prioritisation, and insufficient information sharing and coordination among stakeholders. Inequitable trade practices allow only a margin of the profit to trickle down to the collectors and harvests. Highly developed illegal trading networks in Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, India and Myanmar control the raw trade, through negligent border controls. A good number of International & National Conventions on Conservation, Marketing and patenting medicinal plants have been organized across the globe. The efforts have been made for ensuring sustainable supply of safe, effective and affordable medicinal herbs to promotion of botanical gardens, setting up of testing laboratories and undertaking appropriate research and development programmes. The results of these interventions have not been appropriately assessed and shared at global level. In spite of these attempts, necessary institutional and financial support have not been streamlined to promote the potential role of herbal medicine in primary health care delivery and promoting a mechanism for inventorying and documenting the various medicinal plants and herbs which are used to treat common diseases in each country. International Organising Committee |National Organising Committee |Advanced Registration International Conference Secretariat |Hosts of the International Conference |Sponsorship & Advertisement |Patrons Submission of Abstract |Exhibition |Contact Us |Registration Form

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