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Re: plants db - indigenous

From: "keller" <ak.and.ak@on-line.de>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: plants db - indigenous
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 21:03:59 +0100

> The same happened here in the US northwest with yew trees, whose bark has
a
> cancer-treating compound; now the big yews are gone. The sad part was that
> the damage was all done by local people, destroying their own trees to get
> the money paid by drug companies. I suspect the same happened in Cameroon.

Your suspicion is right.

More on this :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/crossing_continents/a
frica/newsid_1443000/1443574.stm

Happy new Year
Andreas

Re: plants db - indigenous, 1earth permaculture, 12/30/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: plants db - indigenous, Felicity Wright, 12/30/2001
- plants db - indigenous, Pacific Edge Permaculture + Media, 12/31/2001
- Re: plants db - indigenous, Bill Kearney, 12/31/2001
- Re: plants db - indigenous, Toby Hemenway, 12/31/2001
- Re: plants db - indigenous, georg parlow, 12/31/2001
- Re: plants db - indigenous, keller, 12/31/2001