Ameenah Gurib-Fakim: Humble plants that hide surprising secrets
Амена Ґуріб-Факім: Скромні рослини, які приховують несподівані таємниці
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is the president of the Republic of Mauritius. She has been a university professor and entrepreneur before her election as the first female Head of State of Mauritius. Full bio
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biodiversity hotspots in the world:
біологічного різноманіття світу -
в Індійському океані.
Rodrigues, and Réunion —
about five of them
is Terminalia bentzoe,
foil safeguards the plant
ensures its survival.
probably asking yourself is,
with medicinal potential
важливі в медицині
птаха родом з Маврикію,
now a symbol of extinction.
тепер він є символом вимирання.
fundamental role to play.
the oxygen we breathe,
the species of higher plants,
biomedical applications.
different-shaped leaves
this traditional information,
pressures of urbanization
у природному довкіллі.
point out straightaway
happy in our comfort zone,
changes in their ecosystem,
використовують її листя
leaves contain ingredients
in terms of structures,
to reveal all its secrets.
розкрити свої таємниці.
challenged with this issue
із проблемою
which is getting younger,
який молодшає,
about population explosion,
про демографічний вибух,
ландшафт Західної Африки,
as the palaver tree,
балакуче дерево,
beautiful white flower,
красива біла квітка,
запилена кажанами,
by the cosmetic industry
косметичні фірми
and the cosmetic industry.
і косметичної продукції.
is the potential of this plant,
цієї рослини,
threatened with extinction.
over the period of a year
понад рік
itself almost completely
майже заново
обійтись без цього?
when you visit the garden
під час візиту в сад,
а надто жінкам,
the cosmetic chemists
дає косметологам
і сумую за зниклим дронтом.
different habitats across the world,
ареалах світу,
grows across the world
in Africa, in Asia —
у Африці, Азії,
to that dreadful disease
grows across the world —
the best quality Centella
the three vital ingredients
життєвоважливі компоненти,
are already using it
believe in ancient sayings.
technology are so powerful.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim - President of MauritiusAmeenah Gurib-Fakim is the president of the Republic of Mauritius. She has been a university professor and entrepreneur before her election as the first female Head of State of Mauritius.
Why you should listen
In June 2015, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim became the first female president of Mauritius. She's been honored as one of Foreign Policy's 2015 Global Thinkers and is moving to create opportunity and growth for her island home. Gurib-Fakim has been, prior to joining the State House, the Managing Director of the Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique (CIDP) Research and Innovation as well as professor of organic chemistry with an endowed chair at the University of Mauritius.
Gurib-Fakim has long been a leading biodiversity scientist studying and validating the flora of Mauritius, one of the world's key biodiversity hotspots. As an entrepreneur at CIDP R & I and professor of organic chemistry, she analyzed the plants from the region for their health, nutritional and cosmetic applications.
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