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Community-based Medicinal and Aromatic Plants conservation Project extended

Allachy award has been granted by Plantlife International for the second phase of the Rasuwa project ..............>>

Medicinal plant database project

ICIMOD has granted funding support for Development of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Network (MAPs-Net) Nepal ..>>

List of 598 species from Ilam and Panchther (Lower Kanchenjungha Singhalila Ridge) ................................>>

For an updated online version of Press, J.R., Shrestha, K.K. & Sutton, D.A. (2000), Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal (The Natural History Museum, London) see http://www.efloras.org

Updates include the addition of species recently recorded from Nepal and the inclusion of vernacular names.

For further information on Nepal and its plants see http://www.floraofnepal.org

ESON Projects

Plant Biodiversity Inventory, Identification of Hotspots and Conservation Strategies for Threatened Species and Habitats in Kanchanjunga-Singalila Ridge, Eastern Nepal

Supported by: Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), USA/WWF Nepal

Local collaborators: Deep Jyoti Youth Club, Panchthar and Shree High Altitude Herbs Growers Group (SHAGG), Ilam.

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Community-based conservation and sustainable utilization of potential medicinal plants in Rasuwa, Nepal Himalaya

Supported by: Plantlife International – The Wild Plant Conservation Charity, U.K.

Local collaborators: Manekor Society Nepal, Rasuwa; and Federation of Community Forests User’s Nepal, Rasuwa

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Development of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Network (MAPs-Net) Nepal

Supported by: ICIMOD

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