Ecological status of high altitude medicinal plants and their sustainability: Lingshi, Bhutan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human beings use plants for a multitude of purposes of which a prominent one across the globe is for their medicinal values. Medicinal plants serve as one of the major sources of income for high altitude inhabitants in the Himalaya, particularly in countries like Nepal, and Bhutan. People here harvest huge volumes of medicinal plants indiscriminately, risking their sustainability. This paper attempts to identify some of the priority medicinal plant species harvested in the wild and assess their ecological status for their judicious utilization, and to help provide policy guidance for possible domestication and support strategic conservation frameworks.

Results

Out of the 16 priority species identified by the expert group, collectors' perception on ecological statu

SUBMITTER: Lakey 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5059966 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature