Abstract
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 attempts to raise high conservation concern to preserve the species in the wild in the Lahaul and Pangi landscape of Himachal Pradesh. Based on intensive market surveys and individual interactions with the local populace and traders comprising 255 respondents in the landscape covering 12 villages of Pangi and five villages of Lahaul, the present study revealed that predominant factors that pose a major threat to the wild populations of the species include high market demand, increased illegal trade, destructive harvesting, relentless collection of seeds, competitive wild collection and its restricted population.
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Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India
Indian Himalayan region (IHR), an abode to various medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) accounts for >1,748 species of medicinal plants (23.4% of India) comprising 1,685 species of angiosperms, 12 gymnosperms, and 51 pteridophytes that have traditional and modern therapeutic uses (Samant et al 1998). Owing to their high medicinal value, most of MAPs are at high demand and face immense pressure that has led to a decline in their wild populations, for instance Goraya & Ved (2017) enlisted 36 Himalayan medicinal plant taxa that are in high commercial demand by the herbal industries
The Himachal Pradesh State forest department issues permits for regulating the collection of medicinal plants, the illegal trade in terms of hidden markets is posing a threat to the species
Summary
Publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society www.wild.zooreach.org. No 12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti - Kalapatti Road, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. Founder & Chief Editor Dr Sanjay Molur Wildlife Information Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India. FRLHT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Dr Aparna Watve, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr Qiang Liu, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China Dr Noor Azhar Mohamed Shazili, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia Dr M.K. Vasudeva Rao, Shiv Ranjani Housing Society, Pune, Maharashtra, India Prof. A.J. Solomon Raju, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India Dr Mandar Datar, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr M.K. Janarthanam, Goa University, Goa, India Dr K. Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA 02138-2020, USA Dr Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr Navendu Page, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
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