Medicinal plants are also being considered as an important component of the economically important non-timber forest products. The concept of Biodiversity Prospecting is elaborated on, as a means of collaboration between the North and South, on the condition that the impor- tant issues of indigenous property rights and profit sharing are being fairly dealt with. Data are provided to confirm WHO's postulate that herbal medicines can be less expensive than their pharmaceutical equivalents. The exhibition features text fragments and a wealth of colored pictures from Latin America, Africa and Asia, and shows how much their peoples have in common. It consists of 44 permanent panels, whereas country-specific information can be presented at three temporary panels equipped with brush nylon.
Audiotapes summarizing the main contents of the exhibition and a youth program are available.
This presentation is the English version of an exhibition, which was shown in the Netherlands from 1992-94 and which was donated to the Surinamese Museum in Paramaribo, in 1995. TJ Heemstede, The Netherlands.