Sentences with phrase «right plant medicine»

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THE distinguished American botanist and Amazonian ethnologist, Darren Posey, now based at the University of Oxford, has been leading a campaign to allocate intellectual property rights to indigenous people if their folklore is helpful to modern medicine and if the plants they collect to cure ailments are exploited by Western pharmaceutical companies.

Some of the major speakers included the very fit Mark Sisson, author of The Primal Blueprint (photo with me and Mark) and an advocate for the Paleo / Primal diet; the calming Paul Pitchford, author of Healing With Whole Foods and an expert in traditional Chinese Medicine; the dynamic and energetic David Wolfe (photo below right), an authority on raw foods nutrition and superfoods; and the inspirational John Robbins, advocate of a plant - based diet and the son of the Baskin - Robbins founder who cured his father's diabetes through a change in diet.

(a) their traditional medicines and health practices, including a claim ‑ right to state protection of minerals, plants, and animals used in these medicines and practices;

Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices, including the conservation of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals.