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Action 3 – Facilitate the exchange and collaboration of experts in the
areas of ethnomedicine, ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology,
medical anthropology among member countries

3. Protection of traditional medical knowledge and genetic
resources

Action 1 – Set up “Core Committee on the Protection of Traditional
Medical Knowledge and Medicinal Genetic Resources”
Action 2 – Hold the Meeting of the Core Committee to discuss and
formulate action plans and to prepare and implement
Protection Guideline for member countries
Action 3 –Encourage member countries to establish herbal garden of
medicinal plants for ethnomedicine in every member
country for conservation and exchange of knowledge as
well as propagation of medicinal plants for sustainable use
of indigenous medicine
4. Human resource development

Action 1 – Organize training courses for researchers on particular
issues related to traditional medical knowledge, e.g., Rapid
Ethnobotany Appraisal

Action 2 –Organize technical visit, training and capacity building for
folk healers to exchange knowledge and experience

Structure of the Academic Committee of the Network
Academic Committee of the Network should comprise of 3 persons from
each country representing the government authority, folk healer/representative from
TM or Indigenous Medicine Association, and researcher in the area of medicinal
plants and folk medicine.

Structure of the Core Committee on the Protection of Traditional Medical
Knowledge and Medicinal Genetic Resources

Core Committee on the Protection of Traditional Medical Knowledge and
Medicinal Genetic Resources should comprise of three persons from each country
representing the government authority, an expert in folk medicine, and an expert in
medicinal plants.

Resource

In order to implement the above action plans, Academic Committee of the
Network should seek long-term funding (3-5 years) from governmental and non-
governmental funding agencies to cover all the expenses and prepare the grant
proposal.