Mysuru, June 24, 2022 (www.justkannada.in): “Industrial revolution has restricted good environment to grow plants,” observed Chief Conservator of Forests Madhu Sharma.
He inaugurated the third divisional coordinating workshop organized by the Karnataka State Medicinal Herbs Authority, and Karnataka Biodiversity Board, and the Botany Study Division, University of Mysore. “Today, medicinal herbs are becoming extinct. Hence, there is a need to create an amicable environment for them. There are lots of benefits from medicinal herbs. We must conserve them,” he said.
Former Vice-Chancellor Prof. S.R. Niranjan lamented that there are no funds to undertake studies on plants and herbs. “Hence, the government should allocate funds for it,” he said.
In his address, Prof. R. Shivappa, Registrar, University of Mysore, said, “people who have grown up in villages will be at least a little aware of medicinal herbs. But, today’s generation is unaware of it. Children living in cities have no idea of plants, trees, and fruits, how they grow, etc.,” he lamented.
Dr. K.N. Amrutesh, President, Botany Study Center, University of Mysore said, “there are hundreds of species of herbs that have medicinal qualities in our surroundings, but we don’t know about it. Efforts have not been made to collect information about this. Hence, it should be done soon.”
Additional Chief Conservator of Forests Anitha S. Arekal, Sudarshan G.A., Government Ayurveda Research Center Assistant Director Dr. Lakshminarayana Shenoi, and others were present.
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