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                The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity on Community-based Organizations for Medicinal Plants in the Forests of Kenya
        
      
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    A description of the work:	The  invisibility of natural capital and the top-down development model are not  conducive for organizations and enterprises to make decisions that consider  ecological and socio-cultural benefits and values, which hinder the realization  of inclusive, sustainable, and resilient prosperity. In Kenya, medicine plants  cherished by indigenous people face environmental and social challenges such as  loss of forest resources and the encroachment of outsiders. Community-based  medicine organizations are important actors to solve these challenges and  develop indigenous treatments. This research aims to "make nature's value  visible" and analyze the short and long-term commercial potential for  small-scale community-based medicine organizations to develop a range of KEBS-approved indigenous  remedies and treatments. This research would be based on the TEEB conceptual  framework and approach, which measures the ecological, socio-cultural, and  economic value of medicinal plants in the forests of Kenya. The key research  question of this research is how community-based organizations should develop the  indigenous medicine economy based on protecting local natural capital and human  welfare. This research would review economic and statistical data and  literature on indigenous medicines and ecosystem services, do statistics and  analysis, and provide suggestions for developing community-based organizations for medicinal plants in the forests of Kenya.
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