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The Himalaya
A provisional list of 53 IPAs for medicinal plants has been identified in the Himalaya (Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan).
In addition, a list of 51 medicinal plants in need of conservation action has also been identified. The project focused particularly on medicinal plants as this was the conservation issue most central to communities and livelihoods. The methodology for site selection used the presence of threatened species, species richness and threatened habitats
Future actions will concentrate on involving local communities (collectors, traditional healers, cultural leaders) in taking forward conservation of these medicinal plants and their habitats, improving protection for the IPAs across the region and continuing to identify new IPAs based on medicinal and other plants.
Coordinating organisations:
- Bhutan: Ministry of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan)
- China: Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS and Yangzhou University
- India: Pragya
- Nepal: Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal
- Pakistan: WWF Pakistan and Government Postgraduate Jahanzeb College
- UK: Plantlife International
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Related publications
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Identification and Conservation of Important Plant ...
This is the report of the project and Regional Workshop ...
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