The report of the project has been submitted listing biodiversity profile of the state including microbes, flora, fauna and fossils. It also deals with the total list of ethno botanical and ethno zoological species, as well as their conservation status. Threats to biodiversity and their conservation strategies have been discussed.
Department of Forestry
Name of Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. T.S. Mehra, Head Department of Forestry
Co-PI: Dr. Manisha Rani and Dr. C. S. Sanwal
Co-PI: Dr. Manisha Rani and Dr. C. S. Sanwal
Title of the Research Project – “Screening selection and cultivation of medicinal plants of heavy demands to uplift the financial status of rural population” Funding Agency: GBPIHED, Kosi Katarmal, Almora-Uttarakhand (Ministry of Environment & Forest, GOI).
Medicinal plants are moving from fringe to mainstream use with a greater number of people seeking remedies and health approaches free from side effects caused by synthetic drugs. As a result of this resurgence of interest in traditional medicines, the demand of raw material has increased manifolds, leading to the unscrupulous collection of medicinal plants from their wild habitat by traders & local collectors. Due to this indiscriminate & unscientific exploitation many such species have become threatened in the wild and large scale cultivation is the only option left for their conservation & sustainable utilization..
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