Helping herbs
Health authorities recently revealed that
about 1,800 species of wild plants currently used as key ingredients in herbal
medicines are on the verge of extinction.
Read the following story from the Bangkok
Post to learn about how authorities plan to tackle this problem.
Public Health Minister Witthaya
Buranasiri said on May 9 that deforestation was a major cause of the problem,
as many of the important herbal plants are only found in forests. Many of them
cannot be cultivated due to a lack of research in how to grow them properly,
the minister said.
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The ministry is currently discussing the
issue with the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, the Agriculture and
Cooperatives Ministry, non-governmental organisations and local communities to
ensure that these important local herbs can survive and thrive. One option
under discussion is to expand and increase the number of herb conservation
areas where the endangered plants can grow.
SAFETY ZONES
Currently, 20 areas have been declared
plant conservation zones, according to Suphan Srithamma, head of the Department
of Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine. Suphan added that
nine more forest areas will likely be soon added to the list of protected
zones.
LEGAL ISSUE
Those who try to reclaim forests in the
herbal conservation zones could face legal action brought by the Natural
Resources and Environment Ministry, officials said.
The Public Health Ministry, meanwhile,
has set aside about 76 million baht to fund projects to protect and propagate
at least 50 species of herbal plants each year, according to public health
permanent secretary Paijit Warachit.
Paijit said
that Kwao khruea khao, chan khao and chan daeng are currently the most endangered
medicinal plants.
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Helping herbs
The wild
herbs extinction cause from deforestation. Human is important factor that make
this problem because human have require that can’t stop. Deforestation makes
the wild herbs to breakdown. Many of them can’t be cultivate. There are Kwao
khruea khao, chan khao and chan daeng are currently the most endangered
medicinal plants.
To sum up,
Thai herbs are important for Thai Traditional because there are ingredients in
herbal medicines. Deforestation will cause to wild herbs. It will effect to
decrease wild herbs that they are important ingredient in herbal
medicines. So, the government should use heavy legal to
people who deforestation. It help people to afraid and don’t deforestation
again.
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Revealed(V.)
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/rɪˈviːl/
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make (previously unknown or
secret information) known to others:
Brenda was forced to reveal
Robbie’s whereabouts
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เปิดเผย
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Extinction(N.)
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/ɪkˈstɪŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n, ɛk-/
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the state or process of
being or becoming extinct:
the extinction of the great
auk
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การสูญเสีย
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Cultivated(V.)
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/ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/
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refined and well educated:
he was a remarkably cultivated
and educated man
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ได้รับการปลูกฝัง
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Lack(N.)
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/lak/
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the state of being without
or not having enough of something:
there is no lack of
entertainment aboard ship
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ความไม่เพียงพอ
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Reclaim(V.)
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/rɪˈkleɪm/
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retrieve or recover
(something previously lost, given, or paid); obtain the return of: you can reclaim £25 of the
£435 deducted
when Dennis emerged I
reclaimed my room
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เรียกคืน
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Propagate(V.)
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/ˈprɒpəgeɪt/
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breed specimens of (a plant
or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock:
try propagating your own
houseplants from cuttings
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เผยแพร่
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