Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems

The objective of the project is to conserve globally significant medicinal plant species and associated habitats in St Katherine’s Protectorate as follows: (1) foreclose the use of critically endangered medicinal plant species in hotspots; (2) introduce small-scale community-based cultivation, processing and medicinal plant marketing to relieve pressure from wild sources in orchards and gardens; (3) introduce best practices for wild medicinal plant collection and sustainable collection levels throughout the protectorate; (4) promote alternative energy sources in demonstration areas; (5) disperse grazing pressure throughout the Protectorate; (6) protect community intellectual property rights in Egypt; (7) and replicate project successes in Egypt.