Hugo J. de Boer

TL;DR: During interviews with the Pare people from Northeastern Tanzania, 29 plants that are used for medicinal purposes as well as 41 plants used for non-medicinal purposes were reported, and six medicinally used plants were selected for bioactivity analysis.

TL;DR: This investigation of the evolutionary routes to endemism on the 4,095-metre-high Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, East Malaysia finds that most of its unique biodiversity is younger than the mountain itself, and comprises a mix of immigrant pre-adapted lineages and descendants from local lowland ancestors, although substantial shifts from lower to higher vegetation zones in this latter group were rare.

TL;DR: The first overview of commercial orchid trade globally is provided and the main types that involve wild-collected plants are highlighted, including the associated legal–regulatory context and key conservation challenges.

TL;DR: A strong tradition of herbal medicine exists in Kurdistan today exemplified by the diverse and vigorous trade in medicinal plants commercialized from the provinces around Erbil to countries as far away as India, Spain and Libya.

TL;DR: Collection of wild orchids was found to be widespread in Nepal, but illegal trade is threatening many species in the wild, and establishment of small-scale sustainable orchid breeding enterprises could be a valuable alternative for the production of medicinal orchides for local communities.