Sponsor of Sustainable and Panda-Friendly Chinese Schisandra Project Awarded a 2012 Equator Prize

摘要

In 2010, HerbalGram published an article titled '"Cinderella Schisandra: A Project Linking Conservation and Local Livelihoods in the Upper Yangtze Ecoregion of China" that described a collaborative project to harvest southern schisandra (Schisandra sphenanthera, Schisandraceae) sustainably in the Upper Yangtze ecoregion, "the highest priority area for biodiversity conservation in China. The sponsor of that project, the Kangmei Institute of Community Development and Marketing, is now being honored with a 2012 Equator Prize.