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Feedback from the Field: a close up critical view of Forest Rights Act

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  Phyllanthus emblica or Amla offers infinite medicinal value to human kind. Its biodiverse powers are yet to be fully discovered and understood by Humankind.  By Malini Shankar Digital Discourse Foundation   Unedited Interview Transcripts of Chief of Village Forest Committee - VFC) Mr. Bommalinge Gowda of Muneshwara Swamy Grama Aranya Samiti, Jodagatte Iruligara Colony, Kalyani Palya, Marbal Hobli, Magadi Taluq, Ramnagar District Karnataka. “Because of Forest Rights Act, Medicinal Plants Conservation Area cannot flourish. Secondly, Savandurga is a rocky area. But habitat is ideal for propagation of “Makali Beru" -     Decalepis hamiltonii. It is used extensively in making pickles in Karnataka and in Ayurvedic medicines and nutraceuticals.   Our VFC’s initiatives included sustainable harvest of medicinal plants so as to propagate ex situ cultivation. Karnataka Medicinal Plants Authority   has supported ex situ conservation / propagation / cultiv...
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Expert interview of Dr. M.J. Prabhu, Senior Medicinal Plants Consultant, Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Authority (KAMPA)

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The UN's Biological Diversity Day is coming ... on 22.05.2025. What does Biodiversity mean to the common man / woman? Well traditional medicine school of thought is one realm that comes to mind when we think of Biodiversity. Digital Discourse Foundation caught up with an expert - an Ayurvedic practioner and senior scientist / consultant at the Karnataka Medicinal Plants Conservation Area in Bangalore, India to get a deeper insight into traditional medicines.  Email interview of Dr. M.J. Prabhu, Senior Medicinal Plants Consultant, Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Authority (KAMPA)   Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Authority (KAMPA) Room No. 409, 4th Floor, 'Vanavikas', 18th Cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore-560 003.   Malini Shankar  of  Digital Discourse Foundation  (DDF) in Bangalore engaged with Dr. M.J. Prabhu, Senior Medicinal Plants Consultant, Karnataka State Medicinal Plants Authority (KAMPA) for an insightful, expert interview on trad...
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Interview with Dr. Shyama Kuruvilla, Director ad interim of the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre

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  Dr. Shyama Kuruvilla is Director ad interim  of the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre in Jamnagar, India. Over the past 11 years at WHO, she has held a range of senior policy and management roles to advance health evidence, equity and access. As Senior Strategic Adviser in WHO’s Universal Health Coverage and Life Course division, Dr Kuruvilla was technical lead for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, and is the former director of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Independent Accountability Panel on women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health. Dr Kuruvilla holds a PhD. from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, an MSc. from Cornell University, and an undergraduate degree from the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India. Malini Shankar of Digital Discourse Foundation (DDF) in Bangalore engaged with Dr. Kuruvilla for an insightful, expert interview for Biodiversity Day that is marked on...
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