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What:
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Four-day symposium will formulate
recommendations on:
- Medical/pharmaceutical concerns
- Consumer protection concerns
- Environmental protection concerns
- Indigenous peoples' concerns
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Who:
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Scheduled speakers include:
- Isabella Abbott, Wilder Professor of
Botany at UH, on Polynesian medicinal plants.
- Turley De Silva of Sri Lanka on
herbal medicines in developing countries.
- Narong Chomhalow of Thailand on
production of medicinal plants in Asia.
- Ezra Bejar of Mexico on
pharmacological search for active ingredients in
medicinal plants in Latin America.
- Jim Duke of U.S. Department of
Agriculture on medicinal plants as alternative
crops.
- Peggy Brevoort on the status of the
U.S. botanical market.
- Nina Etkin, UH professor of
anthropology and population studies, on
preserving habitats for medicinal plants and
local populations.
- Maurice Iwu of Nigeria on
bioprospecting and concerns of indigenous
people.
- Mario Garrett of Malta on preserving
the rights of indigenous people, cultural
ignorance and the erosion of rights.
- Floyd Leaders (USA) on introducing
heterogeneous herbal medicines as drugs into a
society grounded in single-ingredient
pharmaceuticals.
- Ann Mitchell of Venezuela on
medicinal plant use and domestication by
Colombian Amerindian people.
- Kenneth Chau of Hong Kong on bringing
socio-cultural practices into health care and
related services among ethnic populations.
- K. Balasubramaniam of Malaysia on
consumer protection concerns over herbal
remedies.
- R. P. Labadie of the Netherlands on
consumer protection issues in the use and misuse
of herbal drugs.
- Gerry Bodekar of Australia on
regulation vs. promotion in herbal medicine.
- Agris Galvanovskis and Nelida Asili
of Mexico on psychological impact of using and
abusing herbal medicine.
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When:
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June 1-4
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Where:
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Outrigger Prince Kuhio, Waikiki
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Conference sponsors and co-sponsors: United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO), San Diego State University International
Institute for Human Resources Development, UH
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human
Resources, East-West Center, California State
University at Long Beach Department of Social Work,
China National Committee on Aging, San Diego State
University College of Health and Human Services,
Society for International Development.
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