Shahani which heals herbs & rejuvenite them.

SMPB,Chhattisgaarh CEO Pradeep Pant talks about the successfully conducted Village Botanist course in Jagdalpur.The workshop saw participation from locals of the nearby MPCAs & neighboring area.He also speaks about the need to continue this kind of training programs.

The audio clip introduces the project mascots Jaddu & Baddu to the listeners.

Jaddu being a resident of Chhattisgarh & Baddu being a medicinal plant dwelling in the jungles of Chhattisgarh.

Through this clip the listeners get to know why Chhattisgarh has been declared a herbal state, the first such state in the country.

A folk song plays out in the clip where the locals are singing about the need to plant more & more trees to save our forests.

The audio clip starts with Baddu telling Jaddu about some of the threats to medicinal plants in Chhattisgarh. Jaddu then tells Baddu as well as the listeners about the MPCA Project started in the state to help conserve & preserve medicinal plants. Dr Boaz, the APCCF talks about the beginnings of the project & its relevance.

Another folk song plays out talking of medicinal plants and their benefits.

Arvind Boaz, APCCF and CEO, State Medicinal Plants Board, Chhattisgarh speaks on what makes the state a herbal state, about its bio-diversity and the wealth of traditional knowledge.

Dr. Arvind Boaz, APCCF and CEO, State Medicinal Plants Board, Chhattisgarh speaks on what makes the state a herbal state, about it's bio-diversity and the wealth of traditional knowledge.

Sevakram, a resident of Tatidhar village of Bilaspur district speaks on depletion of medicinal plants because of rampant anthropogenic activities.

Magadh Singh, teacher, Tatidhar Panchayat, Village Tatidhar, Bilaspur, on insensitive trade practices that harm sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants.

Dr Boaz, on the Baiga community and their traditional healing practices.

Baiga traditional healer, Karthik Ram, on the wealth of healing available in the forest.