§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will name each of the research projects on the(a) medicinal and (b) nutritional plants and trees of the rain forest funded by (i) Her Majesty's Government and (ii) the European Community.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe research projects in nutritional plants and trees of tropical forests funded by the Overseas Development Administration are as follows
African acacias: study and acquisition of genetic resources.Evaluation of central American multipurpose hardwood tree species for dry zones.Exploration and collection of calliandra calothyrsus.Intensive study of leucaena genetic resources in central America and Mexico.Evaluation of genetic variation in gliricidia sepium.Acacia karoo: evaluation and acquisition of genetic resources.There are currently no Overseas Development Organisation-funded projects on medicinal research, but we are ready to consider requests from developing countries for assistance in this area.
The European Community currently has a number of research projects under consideration. Details are not yet available.