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Traditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.

Climate change means Nicaragua's Miskito Indians can no longer rely on the weather to survive, reports Annie Kelly.

The debate goes on over China's ongoing production of malaria monotherapy, which is thought to promote drug resistance. Jane Wu reports.

Conservation is seeing a surge in 'quick and dirty' biodiversity surveys with an emphasis on local participation. Thomas Hayden reports from the Amazon.

Anuradha Alahakoon reports from rural Sri Lanka on how simple, effective science has boosted traditional methods of harvesting sap from 'treacle trees'.

The dramatic scientific advances enjoyed by India's urban elite have passed the country's rural poor by, reports T. V. Padma.

As three Andean nations forge ahead with free trade agreements with the United States, Lisbeth Fog reports on the implications for healthcare, research and regional stability.

Ehsan Masood reports on how Maseno University in Kenya is helping traditional healers to modernise the way they diagnose and treat illness.

Carlos D. Marquez reports on how scientists are working with an indigenous people in the Philippines to save some of the world's most famous rice fields from being destroyed by rats and worms.

T. V. Padma reports on efforts to tackle hunger and malnutrition by promoting traditional crops that have been neglected by international agricultural research.

Using India's indigenous knowledge system to develop new drugs is far from easy, reports T. V. Padma.

Female traditional leaders in South Africa are leading an initiative to protect and sustainably exploit the country's indigenous knowledge, reports Emmanuel Koro.

Jia Hepeng describes how Chinese researchers are changing the way they use herbal remedies to compete on the international pharmaceutical market.

Chen Zhiyong describes the steps that Chinese authorities are taking to make traditional medicines that use endangered species of plants and wildlife more sustainable.

Paroma Basu reports on the efforts of developing countries to transform local medicinal knowledge into modern biotech medicines.

A return to traditional medicine and culture in Chile is bringing a much-needed source of revenue and employment to the country's indigenous population, reports Daniela Estrada.

A Ugandan researcher is running clinical evaluations to assess the safety of traditional medicines used against malaria, reports Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

Michele Lian reports on how indigenous knowledge in Polynesia is leading to new drugs and cosmetics whose sale is helping to protect rainforests worldwide.

Bonwoo Koo and colleagues review intellectual property legislation on plants and their products.

Merlin L Willcox and Gerard Bodeker review research on traditional herbal medicines used to treat malaria.