The Ethiopian Biodiversity Conservation Institute has reported on a variety of efforts to conserve and make better use of medicinal plants. Lots of interesting snippets of information, and some ideas others may find worthwhile. Head on over to AllAfrica.com for the story. The Institute has a web site here, with medicinal plants here. There’s also one for the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research. I can’t figure out the relationship between the two.
Re. the relationship between the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and Research (IBCR) and the Ethiopian Biodiversity Conservation Institute. I believe the latter is actually the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation and they are one and the same as the IBCR – they changed names in 2004-05. Their current website is here: http://www.ibc.gov.et/
and you can read more about the history under the description of the Institute’s establishment.
Thanks for the clarification.