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    The original Atlantic Rain Forest covered over 1 million square kilometers in Brazil but has been reduced to less than 9% of its original size. Many plant species from this forest have historically been important sources of medicine. At present, several medicinal plant species are being unsustainably collected from the wild and would benefit from conservation efforts to preserve their genetic diversity, such as establishing cultivation systems. The proposed research aims to investigate and preserve the genetic resources of medicinal plant species in southeast Brazil.

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    The original Atlantic Rain Forest covered over 1 million square kilometers in Brazil but has been reduced to less than 9% of its original size. Many plant species from this forest have historically been important sources of medicine. At present, several medicinal plant species are being unsustainably collected from the wild and would benefit from conservation efforts to preserve their genetic diversity, such as establishing cultivation systems. The proposed research aims to investigate and preserve the genetic resources of medicinal plant species in southeast Brazil.

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    The original Atlantic Rain Forest covered over 1 million square kilometers in Brazil but has been reduced to less than 9% of its original size. Many plant species from this forest have historically been important sources of medicine. At present, several medicinal plant species are being unsustainably collected from the wild and would benefit from conservation efforts to preserve their genetic diversity, such as establishing cultivation systems. The proposed research aims to investigate and preserve the genetic resources of medicinal plant species in southeast Brazil.

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    The original Atlantic Rain Forest covered over 1 million square kilometers in Brazil but has been reduced to less than 9% of its original size. Many plant species from this forest have historically been important sources of medicine. At present, several medicinal plant species are being unsustainably collected from the wild and would benefit from conservation efforts to preserve their genetic diversity, such as establishing cultivation systems. The proposed research aims to investigate and preserve the genetic resources of medicinal plant species in southeast Brazil.

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    Background for Proposed Research Project

    The Atlantic Rain Forest (.Mata Atlantica.) was an extensive heterogenous forest that
    used to occupy an area larger than 1,000,000 km2 (about 12% of Brazil.s present-day
    territory).

    The settlement of European colonists within the forest domain was initially driven by its
    close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean (along the Brazilian coast). Soon however, the
    economy of local communities was bursting with trading goods gathered from the
    wealth of natural resources found in the forest.

    Today, around 70% of the Brazilian population (near 120 million inhabitants, both in
    urban and rural areas) live in the Atlantic Rain Forest domain. The natural habitat of
    many endemic animal and plant species are under encroachment, since the area of the
    original forest has been severely reduced. The remnant of the forest presently occupies
    only a fragmented area that is less than 9% of the original cover (citation). Many plant
    species from this tropical rain forest have achieved great importance in history as
    sources of phytotherapeuticals.

    At present, these plant species are especially in need of studies concerning


    conservation of their germplasm. A great number of them are still being collected in
    large quantities in Brazil, but no cultivation system has ever been established to support
    a continuous harvest in the future (citation). This event has already occurred to
    Cephaelis ipecacuanha, and is presently taking place with Tabebuia aveliandedae, T.
    impetiginosa, Echinodorus macrophyllus, Cordia verbencea, etc. I am interested in
    investigating the existing genetic resources for medicinal plant species in Southeast
    Brazil with the goal of preserving and utilizing their biological diversity.

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