New Page 1

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.

More >>>

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

More >>>

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

Supported by: ICIMOD

More >>>

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 Documentation Center

ESON invites all professionals, researchers, students for library consultation of Ethnobotany related national and international literatures, manuscripts and other relevant materials in its documentation centre.

More >>>

Nepalese Plant Database

Nepalese Plant Database Information Service Centre (NEPDISC) is a computer-based database, specifically designed to manage data on Flowering and Non-flowering plants of Nepal.

More >>>

ESON News

Community-based MAPs conservation Project extended

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