Friday March 3, 2006, 5:04 am
This is a fascinating problem ~ can we save the very plants that can heal both ourselves and the earth by being better stewards of both?

Friday March 3, 2006, 3:20 pm
Everyone get sick and you never know what will cure you.

Friday March 3, 2006, 4:35 pm
I've been a practicing herbalist for over 30 years and what most people call weeds, we use to help fix people, animals, families, and much-much more. With seed companies controlling the genetics of all our food stock seeds, wild plants are the only untouched resource that needs EPA protection as medicinal plants required for human survival (most medicines are herb derivatives or worse). If these weeds are good enough to derive digitalis and valium (foxglove and valerian root), why aren't they important enough to protect?

Friday March 3, 2006, 5:33 pm
I can only support any move to save our genetic wild plant stock. Don't let the big agribusinesses, such as Monsanto take over control of the earth's plant stocks.

Friday March 3, 2006, 6:52 pm
I´m sure the human kind is going to find a way to promote and protect medicinal plants around the world, where it´s possible, not only because many can heal better, easier...but also because their diversity and potentiality ever surprise us. Another heartbreaking fact is the wild animal and also the medicinal plant illegal traffic in the Amazon Forest - Brazil... From government, traffickers to villagers, many pretend they see nothing.Is it so much ignorance or greed? Both?

Saturday March 4, 2006, 4:05 am
while it is great that individuals show their concerns regarding the saving o the rain forrest and endanger species, the best way for things to change significantly is for governments to put protection into place and police it, and while this is also needs to take place, governments need to provide the people with alternate ways to provide for themselves so they need not attack God given provisions for life on this planet.

Saturday March 4, 2006, 6:39 am
I think it is so important -for Tibet, and for everyone else- to incorporate this philosophy into their immediate environment. Hopefully future generations can grow up with respect and pride for these plants, and the habitats in which they reside. Mney, wars, and people are all temporary. we need to step back and decide what we really need, and what everything else really is. God put us here with everything we'd ever need to survive, and what have we traded all that for?

Saturday March 4, 2006, 6:52 am
I am glad this is being brought to the publics attention. It brings into question what we are loosing from deforestization. what natural cures we could be loosing. I support any movment that studies the the empathagenic properties of plants than the chemicalization of our generations.


phil-

Sunday March 5, 2006, 8:02 am
My father-in-law is an aboriginal healer. He respects the plants and the environment and follows an ancient code of harvesting and gratitude. We rarely disagree about anything, but he WAS upset to find that I was cultivating some healing plants in my herbal garden at home. If we are to protect medicinal plants and herbs, it may come to the point where serious healers do grow their own medicines, in order that not all are lost.

Sunday March 5, 2006, 8:08 am
My father-in-law is an aboriginal healer. He respects the plants and the environment and follows an ancient code of harvest and gratitude. We rarely disagree, but he was upset to discover that I was cultivating a few healing plants in my herbal garden. It may come to the point where serious healers WILL have to grow their own "pharmacy" in order to preserve these plants from greed. The government is the last place to expect help from, as this could potentially place all medicinal herbs and plants out of the reach of those who know how to use them.

Sunday March 5, 2006, 8:09 am
Oops! Sorry! My fingers must have hiccups!

Sunday March 5, 2006, 8:09 am
Oops! Sorry! My fingers must have hiccups!

Monday March 6, 2006, 3:03 pm
I would hope medicinal herbs/plants can be protected. Thank you for the information this network contains.

Tuesday March 7, 2006, 8:09 am
Nature knows better, and if we violate Her indiscriminately, we shall be wiped out. Tell us more on how to stop this horrendous crime.
La Loba

Tuesday March 7, 2006, 9:11 am
natural plants is the way to get better dont ban this its good for our healths we have alot of chemicals in products to aslo its all natural and dont haved too worry about asboring chemicals in our bodies from natural plants

Tuesday March 7, 2006, 8:13 pm
We need to preserve our plants. They hold the key to healing many afflictions. AND they are an integral part of our ecosystems which need to be kept in galance.

Friday March 17, 2006, 5:31 am
the medicing plant are vital for humanity it help over illness the natural wher is better than the chemical way.

Sunday April 9, 2006, 10:51 am
I have 46 acres of forested land and have been planting and protecting medicinals for a few years. I hope others will do th same.