Climate warming in the Himalayas threatens biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services in the 21st century: is there a better solution?

GR Kattel - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2022 - Springer
Biodiversity losses can lead to global environmental crisis. Humans utilize biodiversity for a
variety of ecosystem services. However, what drives biodiversity losses have become a …

Ethnomedicinal plants used by local inhabitants of Jakholi block, Rudraprayag district, western Himalaya, India

A Singh, MC Nautiyal, RM Kunwar… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2017 - Springer
Background Ethnomedicinal knowledge of the Indian Himalayas is very interesting because
of the wide range of medicinal plants used in traditional medical practice. However, there is …

[PDF][PDF] Ethnomedicinal uses of plants by major ethnic groups of Hilly Districts in Nepal: A review

MS Miya, S Timilsina, A Chhetri - Journal of Medicinal Botany, 2020 - researchgate.net
Plants are used as ethno-medicine by indigenous people living all around the world. In
Nepal, plants are being used for healing diseases since a long period by various ethnic …

Ethnomedicinal landscape: distribution of used medicinal plant species in Nepal

RM Kunwar, B Baral, S Luintel, Y Uprety… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2022 - Springer
Background The risk of losing traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and their use and
conservation is very high. Documenting knowledge on distribution and use of medicinal …

Ethnomedicinal uses of plant resources in the Machhapuchchhre rural municipality of Kaski District, Nepal

M Adhikari, R Thapa, RM Kunwar, HP Devkota… - Medicines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Medicinal plants are being used by the majority of the population throughout
the world for their primary health care needs. The reliance is also prevalent in Nepal, aided …

Cross-cultural comparison of plant use knowledge in Baitadi and Darchula districts, Nepal Himalaya

RM Kunwar, M Fadiman, M Cameron… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2018 - Springer
Background This study seeks to better understand the human-nature interface and to
measure the variability of plant use knowledge among cultures, through inter-and …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of important medicinal plant species in Nepal under past, present, and future climatic conditions

RM Kunwar, KB Thapa-Magar, SC Subedi, DH Kutal… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is causing shifts in the habitat, distribution, ecology, and phenology of
Himalayan plants. These changes are predicted to continue, jeopardizing the survival of …

Use of medicinal plants for treating different ailments by the indigenous people of Churah subdivision of district Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India

D Rana, A Bhatt, B Lal, O Parkash, A Kumar… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Plants play an important role in the medicinal and healthcare regime of the people living in
the remote areas of the Himalayan region, which can be attributed to their greater faith in the …

Diversity, distribution, and sustainability of traditional medicinal plants in Kaski district, western Nepal

D Khakurel, Y Uprety, G Ahn, JY Cha… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Medicinal plants are the primary source of traditional healthcare systems in many rural areas
mostly in developing countries. This study aimed to document and analyze the diversity …

Factors that influence the plant use knowledge in the middle mountains of Nepal

D Kutal, RM Kunwar, K Baral, P Sapkota, HP Sharma… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
An account of total of 58 plant species including 57 genera and 43 families was reported as
useful in ethnomedicine from semi-structured questionnaire survey to the 76 participants of …