Abstract
Medicinal plants are playing an important role to human livelihood. Bangladesh is well recognized of medicinal plants wealth as unique and globally rich. The studies demonstrate about the value of traditional systems of medicine as economically useful plants and possible effects of climate change on medicinal plants. It is true that climate change is causing noticeable effects on life cycles and distribution of the plant species. However, climate change effects on medicinal plants are widely unclear in Bangladesh. At present, a huge number of populations in Bangladesh are directly dependent on the healthcare treatment by medicinal plants that is why it is an emerging concern in Bangladesh. It is a crying need to improve our understanding the effects on medicinal plants by various researches is stressed in the present article. To know the present condition of medicinal plants and effects of climate change on medicinal plants in northern part of Bangladesh an attempt is being taken here. The study also added the optimum use of medicinal plants and their conservation in northern part of Bangladesh.
Highlights
A medicinal plant is any plant which in one or more of its organs contains substance that can be used for therapeutic purposes or which are precursors for synthesis of useful drugs
Climate change effects on medicinal plants are widely unclear in Bangladesh
The study added the optimum use of medicinal plants and their conservation in northern part of Bangladesh
Summary
A medicinal plant is any plant which in one or more of its organs contains substance that can be used for therapeutic purposes or which are precursors for synthesis of useful drugs. Medicinal plant constitutes an important neutral wealth of a country and plays a significant role of an economy of a country They make an essential contribution to human health care provide livelihood to tribal and rural people. The primary health care of more than 60% population of Bangladesh especially of tribal and rural people and livelihoods depends greatly on medicinal plants wealth. Like all living members of biosphere, climate change is affects the life cycle and distributions of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs). These changes are likely to affect plant ecology e.g. drought and heat wave effects on photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration etc. The region is being negatively affected by deforestation and water scarcity unwise exploitation of land and rapid population growth
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
