Gabon: victim of its success, iboga, a psychotropic plant threatened
As in Amazonia with ayahuasca, more and more Western tourists come to Gabon to “learn” Bwiti.
A draft decree must set the conditions and modalities for the use of iboga, but also frame its sale to “develop a commercial sector” Gabon. At the same time, a survey mission of the plant throughout the Congo Basin could be launched in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Kew Garden in London. Discussions would be underway … In the absence of precise figures, no one can now measure this level of rarefaction. Iboga is too often picked without being replanted.
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…Gabon: victim of its success, iboga, a psychotropic plant threatened
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