'Medicinal plants threatened by over-use.'

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A London-based management consultancy firm has reported that medicinal plants are threatened with extinction in the wild because of the growing market for herbal medicines. The report recommends measures to cultivate endangered medicinal plants, particularly in China and India, where the gathering of medicinal plants is widespread. The report also calls for the creation of a group of herbal companies which will address the conservation of medicinal plants.

International aspects, Plants, Plants (Organisms), Protection and preservation, Extinction (Biology), Plant conservation, Medicinal plants

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Costing the earth: When ecology meets economics

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Collaborative research between economists and ecologists is a well established method of tackling environmental issues. There has been an unwritten hierarchy between the two but this is being challenged by a new discipline known as ecological economics. One school of ecological economics has a strong association with the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics in Stockholm, and another revolves around the International Society for Ecological Economics.

Practice, Economics, Ecology

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Britain embraces 'knowledge economy'

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Scientific expertise will be promoted in the United Kingdom to enhance the nation's competitiveness. The government is proposing to launch a 150 million pounds sterling initiative to boost small business growth in scientific disciplines. Universities will be encouraged to cooperate with businesses with financial incentives through funding programme Higher Education Reach Out.

Economic aspects, Universities and colleges, Science and technology policy, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Expertise

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