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ACTIVITIES of DEBTEC
(1998 - 2003)
BASIC RESEARCH
[MICRO
PROPAGATION TECHNOLOGY]
[CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL
PLANT]
[CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED WETLAND TREE SPECIES]
[ONGOING PROJECTS ] [COMPLETED PROJECTS]
[MOTIVATIONAL WORK IN ORDER TO CREATE PUBLIC
AWARENESS CONCERNING BIODIVERSITY
& CONSERVATION]
[PARTICIPATION:
NATIONAL]
[INTERNATIONAL]
[SEMINARS: Organized
by DEBTEC] [DEBTEC’s
Achievement]
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DEBTEC has inspired the villagers
to build ‘Backyard Home Garden of Medicinal Plants’ and established 10
medicinal plant gardens at Luxmipur. DEBTEC has 20 medicinal plants which are
commercially important for ex-situ
conservation and cultivation.
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Seminar on the current status
of
Medicinal Plants & their conservation
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DEBTEC is conserving the
endangered wetland tree species like Hijol (Barringtonia acutangula) and Korach (Ponganid
tinnata).These two wetland species are now threatened and
if they are not conserved properly they will be extinct forever.
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Barringtonia Acutangula
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DEBTEC is conducting a project
named ‘Development of Information Database on Medicinal Plants’ supported by
the Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology, Govt. of
Bangladesh.
Arsenic Mitigation, DEBTEC has
initiated the work on Arsenic at Laxmipur district which is the hot spot for
arsenic. About 10000 arsenic free devices need at the projexcted area. DEBTEC
scientist s have surveyed the Dakhin Maguri of Shahajadpur village and found
237 tube wells are arsenic contaminated out of 238 tube wells. DEBTEC has
already established two deep tube wells on the 26th March in the occasion
of independent day from Local Govt. of the Ministry, Govt. of Bangladesh. But
two villages need at least 20 deep tube wells. Due to fund constrains DEBTEC
can not fulfill the demand of the project area. The women of them have t carry
the drinking water from long way. The women are mostly affected and suffer for
the arsenic contamination.
DEBTEC has already conducted the
training on bio-fertilizer to the rural women at Laxmipur district, Bangladesh
where they using their kitchen and agricultural waste tern into organic
fertilizer. For medicinal plants bio-fertilizer is most important. DEBTEC has successfully the campaign to use
briquette as alternative of fuel woods.
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DEBTEC has successfully completed the project,
‘Collection, evaluation, improvement and propagation of native orchids
through tissue culture’, funded by Bangladesh Agriculture Resource Council
(BARC) and Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. Of Bangladesh, 1991-2001.
- Rapid Propagation of Disease Free Seed Potato
through Tissue Culture’ is another example of the successful project
implementation by DEBTEC, funded by the Ministry of Science, Information
and Communication Technology, Govt. of Bangladesh, 1998-2000.
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Rapid Propagation of Disease-free
seed Potato through tissue Culture
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- DEBTEC has successfully completed a survey on ‘Social
Status of Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants’ funded by Social
Science Research, Planning Division, Ministry of Planning, Govt. of
Bangladesh, 2002.
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Use of Medicinal Plants
in a traditional way
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- DEBTEC has successfully completed a survey on
‘Traditional and Industrial use and Market Scenario of Medicinal Plants in
Bangladesh’ funded by Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Program in Asia
(MAPPA), International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada, South
Asia Regional Office (SARO), New Delhi, India, 2002.
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DEBTEC ED at Chakbazar
Medicinal Plant Stores
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- DEBTEC has successfully completed the project named
‘Development of Backyard Home Garden of Medicinal Plants for Ex-Situ Conservation and Primary
Health Care’ funded by Environmental Fund (EF), Sustainable Environment
Management Program (SEMP), Program Management Unit (PMU), Ministry of
Environment and Forest, Govt. of Bangladesh, 2002.
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Backyard Home Garden
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- DEBTEC has successfully implemented the project
entitled ‘Development of Sustainable Conservation and Management of
Medicinal Plants at Luxmipur District, Bangladesh’ funded by Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants Program in Asia (MAPPA), International Development
Research Center (IDRC), Canada, South Asia Regional Office (SARO), 2003.
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Plantation of Medicinal Plants
under direct observation of DEBTEC
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After the successful
implementation of the earlier project supported by International Development
Research Centre, IDRC, Canada, they are going to support DEBTEC to commence the
project named ‘Sustainable Production Processing Utilization and Management of
Medicinal Plants for Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Conservation’, which
will be also supported by Canadian International development Agency (CIDA),
(Local).
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It is DEBTEC who first started to exhibit Medicinal
Plants in the National Tree Fair from 1998. After the inception and
continuing works of DEBTEC on Medicinal Plants now MP is the national
program of Govt. of Bangladesh.
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is DEBTEC who first started to exhibit Medicinal Plants in the National Tree
Fair from 1998. After the inception and continuing works of DEBTEC on
Medicinal Plants now MP is the national program of Govt. of Bangladesh.
- DEBTEC
has participated in the International Environment Seminar held in BUET
Auditorium on the 14th and 15th of January, 2000.
- DEBTEC
has participated in the National Tree Fair held in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and
was awarded with merit. Hon’ble Prime Minister, Govt. of Bangladesh
visited DEBTEC stall at the National Plantation Fair, observed the plants
and showed enthusiasm about tissue culture grown plantlets, particularly
about Orchids and threatened species of Medicinal plants. DEBTEC feels proud
that for three subsequent years the Hon’ble Prime Minister has visited the
stall of DEBTEC.
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has also participated in the Flower Exhibition organized by Export Promotion
Bureau (EPB) in the year 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
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Executive Director of DEBTEC addressed the Doctors Workshop organized by D.G. Health and spoke as a resource person about the utility and
conservation of Medicinal Plants.
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Executive Director of DEBTEC addressed the Civil Service Officials at the
PATC in a Training Program and delivered a lecture on Conservation &
Biodiversity from year 1999- till to date.
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publication ceremony of “A Handbook of Commercially Important 20 Medicinal
Plants in Bangladesh” organized by DEBTEC 6th Feb 2002, at IUCN, presided
over by Mr. Sabihuddin Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest,
Govt. of Bangladesh. This book is the first of its kind, published with
color photograph of MP and spices of MP.
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A Handbook of Commercially Important
20 Medicinal
Plants in Bangladesh
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Attended the 4th Preparatory Committee Meeting for the ‘World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)’ as a member of the Govt.
delegation along with the State Minister and Secretary, Ministry of
Environment & Forest, Govt. of Bangladesh. Bali, Indonesia,
organized by United Nations. 27th May- 7th June 2002
- Joined and presented a paper at COP-6 meeting on
‘Convention of Biodiversity’ as a member of the Govt. delegation
along with the Minister, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt.
of Bangladesh. Den Hague, the Netherlands form 8th -19th
of April 2002.
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- Plenary lecture on
“Ex-
situ conservation of Medicinal Plants through Backyard Home Garden
for Primary Health Care” in International Conference on
Ethno-medicine and Drug Discovery organized by Bio-resources
Development and Conservation Program. Holiday Inn, Silver Spring,
Maryland, USA November 3-5, 1999.
- Attended and presented the paper in ‘World Science
Conference’ as a member of the Govt. Delegation along with the
Minister and Secretary from Ministry of Science, Information and
Technology, Govt. of Bangladesh held in Budapest supported by
UNESCO, Hungary, 1st June -1st July 1999.
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World Science
Conference
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Executive Director of DEBTEC at WSSD
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- Paper presented on ‘Somatic Hybrids through
Protoplast Fusion between Brassica juncea and Diplotaxis harra and their backcross progenies’, in the 2nd
Asia Pacific Conference on Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, from the
28th of July -1st August 1996, Beijing, China.
- DEBTEC Executive Director presented paper on Medicinal
Plants in Washington D.C. and given a interview with the Voice of
America.
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Present Status
of Medicinal Plants in Bangladesh’ – a case study, was organized by
DEBTEC, and was held on the 20th of Nov 2001, at Hotel La
Vinci. Chief Guest was Mr. Shajahan Siraj, Minister, Ministry of
Environment and Forest, Govt. of Bangladesh. Special Guest was Mr. Roger
Finan, Regional Director, IDRC – International Development Research Center
(Canada).
- ‘Present
Status of Medicinal Plants in Bangladesh’ – a case study, was
organized by DEBTEC, and was held on the 20th of Nov 2001,
at Hotel La Vinci. Chief Guest was Mr. Shajahan Siraj, Minister,
Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of Bangladesh. Special Guest
was Mr. Roger Finan, Regional Director, IDRC – International
Development Research Center (Canada).
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Seminar on Present
Status of Medicinal Plants in Bangladesh
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- DEBTEC has organized a training program on ‘Orchid
Cultivation in Bangladesh’. Dr. A.K.M. Moniruzzaman, Chairman BARC
has attended the certificate giving ceremony held on 29th
March 2002.
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Orchid
Cultivation in Bangladesh
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- DEBTEC has organized a seminar on ‘Banning
Polythene’ and an ‘Art
Competition for the Children’. DEBTEC has also organized a
program of ‘Reception and
Prize Giving Ceremony’ where different Ministers of the Peoples
Republic of Bangladesh were present.
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Art
Competition for the Children
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- To popularize the concept of Backyard Home Garden of
Medicinal Plants, DEBTEC held a seminar on ‘Medicinal Plant for
Life’ on 29th August 1998 at the National Press Club
Auditorium which has been attended by the then Hon’ble Minister of
LGRD, Govt. of Bangladesh, Mr. Zillur Rahman as the Chief Guest.
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Medicinal Plant for
Life
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Visitors at DEBTEC
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 International
reputed scientist Prof. Swaminathan, chairman, UNESCO
Ecotechnology Chair (left) seen at the DEBTEC lab.
Prof. B. Chowdhury, former president, Govt. of Bangladesh
(right) visited the DEBTEC lab.
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Prof. Swaminathan |
Prof. B. Chowdhury |
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The establishment of Medicinal
Plants Garden “Banasruya” at Prime Minister’s office premises proved DEBTEC’s
uncompromised effort for Medicinal Plants and the success of the Backyard Home
Garden concept of Medicinal Plants of Dakhin Maguri, Laxmipur.
Due to the activities of DEBTEC in the year 2002, the theme of the National
Tree Fair was declared as ‘Medicinal Plants’ and the Hon’ble Prime Minister,
Govt. of Bangladesh has adopted the slogan ‘Plant a Medicinal species with wild
and inyear 2002, the theme of the National
Tree Fair was declared as ‘Medicinal Plants’ and the Hon’ble Prime Minister,
Govt. of Bangladesh has adopted the slogan ‘Plant a Medicinal species with wild
and indigenous fruit species. This year 2003-2004 in the national tree
plantation movement Govt. also announced the Year of medicinal plants.
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Medicinal
Plants Garden “Banasruya”
Appreciated by
Honorable
Prime Minister,
Govt. of Bangladesh
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