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| ESON Documentation Center ESON welcome every interested person to share the materials deposited
in the ESON documentation centre. ESON is trying to gather Ethnobotany
related national and international literatures, manuscripts and other
relevant materials in its documentation centre. Since its establishment
we are getting many literatures from the experts, ESON members and our
supporting agencies (WWF/Nepal, ICIMOD, Plantlife International/UK).
Our aim is to gather and preserve valuable literature to support the
scholars, experts, planners and new generations, so we will be honored
if our materials will be used by maximum number of such people. |
| Participatory Conservation
of Threatened Medicinal Plants and Habitats in Rasuwa District, Central
Nepal Project purpose Major goal of this project is to continue the in situ conservation of Medicinal plants in Rasuwa initiated in the first phase of the project in Chilime and replicate the successful learning in the neighboring village development committees (Thuman and Gatlang) in order achieve optimum conservation outcomes. This phase would also focus on in situ conservation of medicinal plants in the project area by the establishment of medicinal plants conservation area (MPCA) and formation of MPCA management committee to monitor and regulate the activities within MPCA. |
| Development of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Network (MAPs-Net) Nepal Significance of the project Detailed data on the distribution of globally important plant species in sites are unavailable, and a comprehensive global threat assessment reflecting true global conservation priorities within most plant groups is lacking. The selection of medicinal plants as a floristic sub-group for this purpose has been considered intuitively reasonable. This is because of the large number of Himalayan species that are regarded as medicinal and the livelihood that, being useful plants, their distribution and conservation status are probably relatively well known. Moreover, there have been substantial declines in traditional knowledge about Himalayan medicinal plants over the last 50 years. This is a serious matter for conservation, as traditional knowledge forms an obvious basis from which to develop modern conservation strategies. |
| Designed By: Sailesh Ranjitkar |