Ethno-Botanical Diversity And Conservation Status Of Medicinal Flora At High Terrains Of Garhwal (Uttarakhand) Himalaya, India: A Case Study In Context To Multifarious Tourism Growth And Peri-Urban Encroachments

A field survey in the high terrains of Garhwal, Uttarakhand, identified 242 medicinal plant species, with 6 (2.2%) critically endangered, 19 (7.1%) endangered, and 35 others classified as threatened or vulnerable. Despite conservation efforts like Biosphere Reserves and National Parks, rapid tourism growth and peri-urban encroachments—accelerated by Uttarakhand's infrastructure development since 2000—pose significant threats to biodiversity. The study highlights the urgent need for balancing visitor influx at sacred sites (e.g., Badrinath, Valley of Flowers) with biodiversity protection in this UNESCO World Heritage region.

Aravind Kumar. (2017). Ethno-Botanical Diversity And Conservation Status Of Medicinal Flora At High Terrains Of Garhwal (Uttarakhand) Himalaya, India: A Case Study In Context To Multifarious Tourism Growth And Peri-Urban Encroachments. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.1130252