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The chapter reviews the current trends in the demand and extraction of wild medicinal herbs in the Western Himalaya. Using the case studies from the state of Himachal Pradesh, it provides information on highly traded species, current extraction pressure driven by market dynamics, and impact on the ecology and threat status of such species. The stud...
The current study aims to document the diversity of fodder species, their availability and role in livestock sustenance in the Nalagarh Forest Division of Himachal Pradesh. 117 fodder-providing species belonging to 41 families were documented, out of which 40% were trees, 15% shrubs, 40% herbs, and 4% climbers. Poaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Malvac...
Chamabainia cuspidata Wight (Urticaceae), Debregeasia orientalis C.J.Chen (Urticaceae), and Hydrocotyle himalaica P.K.Mukh. (Araliaceae) are being reported here as new additions to the fora of Himachal Pradesh, India. All three species were collected from Khokhan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kullu district. Of these, H. himalaica also forms an addition to...
In the Himalayan region, there have been several reports of medicinal species being reported in peril in the recent decade. Keeping the sudden spurt in price and high demand of yet another highly threatened MAP Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch. commonly known as ‘Kalazeera’ or black cumin of Himachal Pradesh in view, the current communication att...
In the Himalayan region, there have been several reports of medicinal species being reported in peril in the recent decade. Keeping the sudden spurt in price and high demand of yet another highly threatened MAP Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch. commonly known as ‘Kalazeera’ or black cumin of Himachal Pradesh in view, the current communication att...
Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas (MPCAs) is a novel model for in situ conservation of red listed medicinal plants. Commiphora wightii Arn. Bhandari (Guggul) is an important medicinal plant and is classified under critically endangered (CR) category by IUCN. Government of Gujarat promoted a network of 4 MPCA sites in Kachchh region, for conservat...
The book ‘Sustainable harvesting and cultivation protocols of threatened medicinal and aromatic plants of the Western Himalaya’ namely Aconitum heterophyllum, Aconitum heterophylloides, Bunium persicum, Dactylorhiza hatagirea, Fritillaria cirrhosa, Picrorhiza kurroa, Polygonatum verticillatum, Rheum australe, Rheum webbianum and Sinopodophyllum hex...
This Technical Report has been developed by the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun under the assignment ‘Assessment of medicinal and aromatic plant species on their collection, usage, demand, markets, price trends and life cycle in Lahaul and Pangi landscape, Himachal Pradesh’ under the GEF-GoI-UNDP SECURE Himalaya Project
The unique Himalayan ecosystems are repositories to the wild populations of diverse flora and fauna. The high value medicinal and aromatic plant species (MAPs) are an example of the same. Since time immemorial, these MAPs have been traditionally used by the local inhabitants and have eventually developed a high market value all over the world. Incr...
The unique Himalayan ecosystems have given rise to highly adapted organisms and are repositories to the wild populations of diverse flora and fauna. The high value medicinal and aromatic plant species are an example of the same. Since time immemorial, these plants have been traditionally used by the local inhabitants and have eventually developed a...
Himachal Pradesh being a hilly State is one of the top repositories of various herbal plants of medicinal aspects. District Mandi, popular as Varanasi of Hills, is one of the twelve districts, with great variations in elevation which provide a suitable habitat for the rich biodiversity of flora and fauna. The present paper aimed to document indigen...
Of the 3324 plant species recorded in the state of Himachal Pradesh, 1200 species are medicinal and aromatic. As a part of the project SECURE Himalaya, the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun conducted an assessment of selected medicinal and aromatic plant species (MAPs) on their collection, usage, demand, markets, price trends and life cycle (20...
Of the 3324 plant species recorded in the state of Himachal Pradesh, 1200 species are medicinal and aromatic. As a part of the project SECURE Himalaya, the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun conducted an assessment of selected medicinal and aromatic plant species (MAPs) on their collection, usage, demand, markets, price trends and life cycle (20...
Leguminosae, known as the legume, pea or bean family, form one of the most diverse, climatically resilient, and socio-economically important group of flowering plants in the trans-Himalayan cold deserts. Whereas many of the native plants belonging to the genera Caragana and Astragalus, form vast expanses of low thickets in the region holding on to...
A total of 352 species of phenerogams comprising 251 dicotyledons, 97 monocotyledons and four species of gymnosperms belonging to 85 families collected from Nohra Forest Block of Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary, District Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh are reported as additions to the district. This includes 13 threatened species under different Red List ass...
This book, “Photo Guide to Selected Medicinal Plants of Karnataka”, is an attempt to make the readers identify the common medicinal plants in Karnataka state. It deals with 100 popular medicinal plants and copiously illustrated with more than 400 images. Special effort has been taken to photograph the species so that the users get to visualize the...
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/envis_specia_habitat_threatened_plants_india.pdf
Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sargent) is a very important indigenous conifer species of lower hills of Himalayas and the Shiwalik mountain range. A request to study the causes of mortality of Chir pine in Morni Forest Range under the Pinjore Forest Division in Haryana was received from the Conservator of Forests and the same have heen investigated....
Hopea canarensis Hole has been rediscovered from the type locality after a lapse of nearly 80 years and is described here in detail with notes on phenology, distribution and associated plants. The differences between Hopea canarensis and two closely allied Hopea species are tabulated.
