Each Plant nourishes many organisms; imagine the Eco-System with 20% of plant species gone...
It is famously said that ten trees planted today would not suffice or fill the void left behind by the five cut yesterday. So, for each tree forced out of existence, a complimentary farewell is also bid to a host of organisms and micro-organisms dependent on the demised tree. But imagine the fate of the ecosystem when an entire ‘specie’ gets wiped out! Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, together with the Natural History Museum (London) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), have compiled a shocking report, which reveals that almost 20% of the known 380,000 plant species face the petrifying risk of extinction. Natural reasons account for only 18.7% of the danger posed, the rest is man-induced mainly due to irresponsible agriculture (18.7%), harvesting (14.4%) and industrialisation (10.4%).
Renowned botanist Dr. Deepak Acharya however is of the opinion that the two main man-made causes are “bio-piracy” and the persistent problem of deforestation, induced by rigorous industrialisation. “Bio-piracy,” bemoaned Dr. Acharya to B&E, “is the most worrying predicament”. He highlighted, “Of the 400 species of plants used for medical reason, only 40 of them are being re-cultivated and even that dismal effort is disorganised”. The looming fact is quite clear. These 360 sidelined species would be extinct even before we realise and worse, their invaluable medicinal value would be forever lost too.
Safed Musli, the plant with versatile medicinal values, is one such example. With a gradually increasing annual demand currently standing at 35,000 MT, only about 15,000 MT is finding its way into the market. Alarmingly, the supply figure was 20,000 MT just five years back. Economics aside, this exceptionally-inverse demand-supply relation is due to the over-exploitation of the specie.
It is famously said that ten trees planted today would not suffice or fill the void left behind by the five cut yesterday. So, for each tree forced out of existence, a complimentary farewell is also bid to a host of organisms and micro-organisms dependent on the demised tree. But imagine the fate of the ecosystem when an entire ‘specie’ gets wiped out! Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, together with the Natural History Museum (London) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), have compiled a shocking report, which reveals that almost 20% of the known 380,000 plant species face the petrifying risk of extinction. Natural reasons account for only 18.7% of the danger posed, the rest is man-induced mainly due to irresponsible agriculture (18.7%), harvesting (14.4%) and industrialisation (10.4%).
Renowned botanist Dr. Deepak Acharya however is of the opinion that the two main man-made causes are “bio-piracy” and the persistent problem of deforestation, induced by rigorous industrialisation. “Bio-piracy,” bemoaned Dr. Acharya to B&E, “is the most worrying predicament”. He highlighted, “Of the 400 species of plants used for medical reason, only 40 of them are being re-cultivated and even that dismal effort is disorganised”. The looming fact is quite clear. These 360 sidelined species would be extinct even before we realise and worse, their invaluable medicinal value would be forever lost too.
Safed Musli, the plant with versatile medicinal values, is one such example. With a gradually increasing annual demand currently standing at 35,000 MT, only about 15,000 MT is finding its way into the market. Alarmingly, the supply figure was 20,000 MT just five years back. Economics aside, this exceptionally-inverse demand-supply relation is due to the over-exploitation of the specie.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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