Drug Development and Conservation of Biodiversity in West and Central Africa.

Abstract

During Year Two of AP 1, the Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS) initiated the establishment of a large-scale Forest Dynamics Plot in the Korup National Park, Cameroon, and the Smithsonian Institution/Man and the Biosphere Program (SI/MAB) held courses in biodiversity research and monitoring and established a series of small-scale permanent tree plots in Cameroon and Nigeria. Training of local participants in gathering and analyzing biodiversity data has been an important component of both the CTFS and SI/MAB plot projects. As illustrated in this report, the ICBG umbrella is providing a unique opportunity to link rigorous biodiversity data from large- and small-scale permanent forest plots with information on socioeconomic and ethnobotanical characteristics provided by AP2 and AP5 to design appropriate management and conservation strategies for medicinal and other commercially valuable forest species.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA339314

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth C. Losos

Organizations

  • Smithsonian Institution

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research
  • Determinants (Mathematics)
  • Dynamics
  • Environment
  • Eukaryotes
  • Forests
  • Habitats
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Materials
  • Monitoring
  • National Parks
  • Plants
  • Recombinant Dna
  • Training
  • Trees
  • Tropical Forests

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.