| Sanction Date: | 26-02-2018 | ||||
| Project Category | MG | ||||
| Batch Year | 2017-2018 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 9 Months Extension | ||||
| BTA : | Biodiversity Conservation and Management | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: | The west Himalaya (State of Uttarakhand) | ||||
| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
G.B. Pant 'National Institute of Himalayan Environment'(NIHE) Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles & Responsibilities | ||
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G.B. Pant 'National Institute of Himalayan Environment'(NIHE), Kosi-Katarmal, Almora | 1.Germplasm repositories of threatened medicinal plants at different altitude 2.Up-scaling of the existing propagation methods of selected threatened medicinal plants 3.Conservation model of threatened medicinal plants at selected schools 4.Training, capacity building and dissemination |
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2. |
Forest Department, Uttarakhand | 1. Reintroduction of threatened plants at natural habitat 2. Germplasm repositories of threatened medicinal plants at different altitude 3.Land for developing demonstrations 4.Training and capacity building and dissemination |
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3. |
Sri Narayan Ashram, Dharchula | 1.Land for developing demonstrations 2. Space for training and capacity building and dissemination |
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| Lead Proponent: | Dr. I.D. Bhatt G.B. Pant 'National Institute of Himalayan Environment'(NIHE) |
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| Project Brief Description: | The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR), extending from Jammu & Kashmir in the North-West to the Arunachal Pradesh and the states of North Eastern region in the East, exhibits wide horizontal and vertical variations, different habitat and microclimatic conditions, which make the region congenial for floral diversity and especially for medicinal plants diversity. As recorded, the region harbors over 1748 species of medicinal value, which is around 22% of the total flowering plants of Indian Himalayan region (Samant et al., 1998). Medicinal plants are considered a source of several herbal medicines, which are directly and indirectly used for curing several life threatening diseases. Inhabitants of the region are traditionally well familiar with the healing properties of the available plants and therefore, their dependency on medicinal plants for primary healthcare forms integral part of their life. The annual demand of botanical raw drugs in the country has been estimated at 3,19,500 MT for the year 2005-06, which might be many more in the current year (Ved et al., 2008). This estimate is an indication of the increasing interest in the medicinal plants for diverse health related solutions. However, the gap between the demand and supply is widening which has affected several pharmaceuticals companies at one hand and livelihoods of many people on the other. As per estimate only 23% medici nal plants is being supplied and of that a small portion 7% come from the cultivation. This state of affair calls for conservation and sustainable utilization of medicinal plants. At present the demand of medicinal plants, both for domestic consumption by local inhabitants and for preparing drugs by pharmaceutical industries is largely met from wild populations, which has resulted into rapid depletion of the stock from natural habitats. This state of affairs is widening the gap between demand and supply and also affecting the quality of raw materials and consequently the quality of final product. As recorded, seventeen species of medicinal plants have been recorded in the Red Data Book of Indian Plants and 120 species have been assessed and placed under various threat categories of the IUCN. The project falls within the broad thematic area of the NMHS i.e. Biodiversity Conservation and Management. The goal of the project is to promote propagation and conservation of threatened medicinal plants for improving threat status in natural habitats. The target plants belong to various climatic conditions, therefore, will demonstrate the effect of climate variables with respect to the medicinal value of the target species. Participation of both the genders will be assured at all the steps in the project. All the stakeholders will be provided the opportunities to raise their voice and provide suggestions during consultative meetings that will be organized time to time, during the project period. The communications will be recorded using appropriate media. | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Researchers, scientific managers, Local people, including women, nursery men, farmers and traders, Pharmaceutical industries, Planners/ policy makers/ Forest dept./local/national global environment agencies. | ||||
| Activity Chart (For 3 Years): | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 97,22,000/- (Rupees Ninety Seven Lakh Twenty Two Thousand only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| To develop species-specific protocols for recovery/reintroduction of highly threatened species; | Site specific protocols for threatened medicinal plants at different altitudes (03 No.); | No of species-specific protocols for highly threatened species at the identified altitude; |
| To establish demonstrations of threatened Himalayan medicinal plants at different altitude; | Field-based Conservation model of threatened medicinal plants at selected schools (11 villages) | No. of awareness raising/ capacity building programmes on MPs conservation, promotion and cultivation (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, No. of Farmers and Total No. of Stakeholders Benefitted); |
| To promote cultivation of threatened medicinal plants at farmers field; | Develop the Reintroduction sites of threatened medicinal plants (03 No.); | No. of market linkages established and farmers/ stakeholders benefitted; |
| To develop market linkages for selling of cultivated produce; | Established market linkages for selected produce | Practices/ models developed (No.); |
| Other Publications and knowledge products (Nos.). | ||
| Field Manual for high altitude MPs Cultivation (01 No.). | ||
| To sensitize diverse stakeholders group towards promoting conservation of threatened medicinal plants. |
| S.No. | Name (Sanctioned Staff) | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | 01 Technical expert/RA-III @ Rs.40,000/- per month | |||
| 2. | 01 Trainer/Technical Assistant @ Rs.14,000/- per month | |||
| 3. | 02 Field Technician/Field Assistant @ Rs.10,000/- per month | |||
| 4. | 01 Field Attendant @ Rs.8,000/-per month |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment (Sanctioned Equipment) | Use of Equipment | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Seed germinator | ||
| 2. | Plant propagation system | ||
| 3. | oil distillation unit | ||
| 4. | etc-6,00,000/-Circulatory Water distillation unit | ||
| 5. | Herb grinder and packaging machine | ||
| 6. | Laptop- 01 nos | ||
| 7. | Repairing of GC/HPLC |
