Monday, March 26, 2012

Sri Lanka environmentalists demand revoke of permission given to grow Kothala Himbutu for exportation

Environmentalists of Sri Lanka linked to Nature Study Center demand the government to revoke the permission given recently by the Ministry of Wildlife and Peasants Services to the Board of Investment to grow Kothala Himbutu (Salacia reticulata) as a export crop.

130 plant species have been identified as potential sources of natural compounds that can be used to create emulsions and dispersions using the method that has been patented by the Fujifilm Corporation of Japan.

Japan is one of the foremost producers of drugs containing Kothala Himbutu and owns a number of patents on such drugs. Of over 100 world patents that currently exist on drugs containing Kothala Himbutu, many are detrimental to Sri Lanka, according to environmental lawyers.

Under patent regulations, Sri Lanka has to pay patent rights to process Kothala Himbutu.

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