Meeting Focuses on Africa's Genetic Resources
OTC 18.08.97 10:39
DAR ES SALAAM (Aug. 18) XINHUA - A symposium on natural products
starts here today to discuss genetic resources in the continent.
The five-day symposium is organized by the Natural Products
Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA).
A NAPRECA newsletter said that the symposium is to focus on
"research and development in utilization of Africa's genetic
resources for the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries
involving botany, pharmacology and environment".
The objectives of the symposium are to bring together and foster
interaction among scientists involved in multi-disciplinary
research in natural products.
Most of the participants to the symposium are researchers on
natural products from Cameroun, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Sudan, Botswana, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, India, Portugal
and Canada.
There are also participants from Zimbabwe, Switzerland, the
United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Denmark. Enditem
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