Population Assessment and Conservation of Rare and Threatened Plants Including Medicinal Herbs; Ethnobiology
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"Private land conservation is becoming a popular policy approach, given the constraints of increasing public protected areas, which include reduced availability of land for purchase, insufficient budgets for acquisition, and escalating... more
Sarawak has the most diverse species of dipterocarps, being represented by 247 species in nine genera. The species of this family are of major importance in the timber trade in the State. However, about 75% of Sarawak dipterocarps are... more
Traditionally, plants have been used as a source of medicine in India by indigenous people inhabiting various terrains for the control of different ailments afflicting human. An ethno botanical survey was undertaken in Nawarangpur... more
Assessing the impact of threats, identifying favorable growing conditions, and predicting the future population scenarios are vital for the conservation and management of threatened species. This study investigated the availability,... more
Natural products once served humankind as the source of all drugs, and higher plants provided most of these therapeutic agents. Natural products continue to provide useful drugs in their own right but also provide... more
The aim of this study was to determine autecological background of Nepeta asterotricha that is a rare endemic medicinal plant distributed in Iran. Site characteristics such as topography, climate, soil, and accompanied plant species were... more
Hyphaene dichotoma (White) Furtado belongs to the Arecaceae family of and is a threatened species included in the IUCN red data list. In the present investigation, an attempt was made to germinate seeds of H. dichotoma. Successful seed... more
The publication of the book "People and Natures" in May 2012 coincides with the 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, hosted for the first time in France (Montpellier). True to its mandate of addressing international... more
The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of major phytoconstituents of three important and wildly growing medicinal plants of forests of Punjab region in India for their possible protective effect against focal cerebral... more
The Chicago Botanic Garden was contracted by the USDA Forest Service to develop a decision tree and report on optimal monitoring methods for rare plants. The Forest Service currently does not have consistent guidance for monitoring rare... more