Molecular Systematics and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Indonesia and Malaysia

Useful resources in nature have ever been screened based solely on actual experiences of mankind since a long time, and this is true even at this moment when our science has greatly advanced. New useful materials are urgently demanded to be sought in nature by human beings, for they have a rapid increase of their population as well as rapid diversification of their life style. In reply to such a heavy pressure, more effective way is to be found out in introducing useful materials supplied more safely to mankind. To establish a reliable guide in screening unknown materials from the wild plants, it is expected to have more certain system of biodiversity. If we will known correct relationships among plant species and sufficient information in each species, it will be possible to infer what materials are in which species.