China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.

Unsustainable harvesting of caterpillar fungus or yarsagumba poses risks to conservation and livelihoods.

Extracts from plants are used widely to treat malaria in Benin, and their conservation should be promoted, says a study.

Researchers in Malaysia and Ohio are investigating silvestrol, a potentially effective anti-cancer agent derived from indigenous trees.

Drought-resistant tea is on an agenda for natural product development and capacity building in Malawi and other southern African nations.

Climate change adaptation measures and sensitisation training are essential to life in rural Côte d'Ivoire, a workshop has heard.

Researchers in Kenya are making first steps towards domestication of medicinal Prunus africana trees, to avoid the species' extinction.

Asian and Pacific countries are home to a vast diversity of marine wealth, which experts say should be shared with indigenous communities.

Egyptian scientists are developing a diabetes treatment from bitter gourd, but the jury is out on whether it could replace insulin.

Researchers have created a database of the chemicals in 300 Chinese herbs used in traditional medicine.

An international biotechnology centre should begin operations in Nigeria early next year.

A WHO study has found that African governments are giving traditional medicine increasing support.

Botswana is developing a policy to document and safeguard traditional knowledge.

A presidential award for research into using the soapberry plant to kill mosquitoes has stirred up debate over funding of Uganda's science.

Indigenous groups say they were sidelined at talks on a traditional knowledge treaty at the World Intellectual Property Organization.

China and India should set up a mechanism to boost traditional medicine innovations for diseases of the poor, a conference has heard.

Some of the potentially life-saving plants used in traditional medicine are in need of urgent conservation, according to an African study.

India plans to make a portion of its indigenous knowledge library open access, to enable the development of drugs for diseases of the poor.

A high-level partnership has launched a 'grand challenge' for innovations to reduce deaths of newborns and mothers.