Medicinal Plants are never a Priority for the Agriculture Department
Biodiversity conservation and management with special focus on local knowledge, eco-systems, agro and medicinal aspects of biodiversity are areas that interest him. His passion for indigenous knowledge systems and traditional medicine has motivated him to conduct a number of activities to document, validate, and protect intellectual property rights and product development in mountains. Shruti Prabhakar speaks to Dr Arun Chandan, Regional Director, Regional-cum-Facilitation Center- North (RCFCN), National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of AYUSH about sustainable development and the steps that should be taken to bring a plant-based healthcare system in place.