Recognizing the link between plants and rural livelihoods, the Medicinal Plant Conservation Centre (MPCC) in India has advanced medicinal plant conservation and reduced poverty.
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.
By promoting cultivation of medicinal herbs, MPCC relieves much of the pressure on dwindling natural supplies of these plants.
Through collaborative botanical inventories, villagers and MPCC have laid a sound foundation for conservation work in the state.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
