The following activities were undertaken during execution of this project: rapid participative diagnoses for formation of local networks at the municipal and regional levels; ethnopharmacological research was carried out for better knowledge of the local resources used by the families to remedy common illnesses; research with the traditional knowledge holders, for recovery and organization of the traditional knowledge to be inserted in to the first version of the Cerrado Popular Pharmacopedia; various meetings were held to provide collective spaces for discussion of political proposals; presentation of the theme in various other meetings and events; interchange visits for strengthening of cultural identities and exchange of information and experiences; capacity-building activities to add value to the experience and existing knowledge in the traditional communities and train participants; development of other projects seeking other sources of funds for expansion and continuation of the initiative; organization of information and knowledge disseminated in the various activities; publications for dissemination of the advances. These activities and this project as a whole enriched the communities? knowledge about use and management of medicinal plants. Furthermore, the health conditions in the communities, and the protagonism of these communities in the participative construction of proposals were positive results achieved. It is also worthy of note that this project brought to the attention of the traditional knowledge holders the strategic importance of their knowledge for the sustainable development of the country. The resources have been shown to be extinguishable, and this project was a big step toward insuring their availability in the future. The project objectives were thus successfully reached, conserving health and the environment in the communities affected by it.