Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants in Ghana 1999-2002

Aims:

• Assist Ghana to meet the requirements of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

• Provide the base-line information needed by the government and people of Ghana and multilateral agencies to support sustainable use of the country's genetic resources.

• Relieve the pressure from the over-harvesting of medicinal plants from the wild.

• Raise awareness of biodiversity conservation.

• Document the utilisation of medicinal plant species in Ghana.

• Identify species that require immediate and long-term action to protect them from over-exploitation.

• Train staff to operate a plant records management system.

• Provide a working example of a medicinal plant garden.

• Promote home gardens for the cultivation of medicinal plants.

• Train local communities to propagate and cultivate species they have traditionally collected from the wild.