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The book entitled ‘Himalayan Medicinal Plants: Potential and Prospects’ is the outcome of the workshop organized by G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora. The book includes inaugural address, Keynote address and 26 papers of the experts working in different biogeographic provinces of the Himalaya and covers the following themes: Status of Himalayan medicinal plants: Inventory, folk and ethnobotany. Population ...
Global biodiversity was one of the key issues of debate at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, which led to the formation of two distinct blocks of "biological powers"--the north nations rich in "biotechnology", and the south nations rich in "biodiversity". The book covers a wide range of issues on biodiversity--the strategies of conservation; the causes and consequences of erosion; the global biodiversity convention and the question of ...