ABSTRACT
Growing concern about the behaviour of foreign scientists who collect biological materials for pharmaceutical companies overseas was voiced at several Asian conferences, including the Symposium on the Development of Drugs from Plants in Manila in 1989, the Botany 2000 Asia Workshop in Perth in 1990 and the Asian Coordinating Group for Chemistry in China in 1990. Widespread concerns and frustrations on the part of a diverse group of scientists led to the crystallization of the Manila Declaration at the Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products (ASOMPS) in Manila in 1992.
