The Union government sets up a task force to protect India s medicinal plants

A recent decision by the Himachal Pradesh government may not be good news to the endangered Himalayan yew (Taxus baccata). The government has allowed collection and export of yew, which is in great

A recent decision by the Himachal Pradesh government may not be good news to the endangered Himalayan yew (Taxus baccata). The government has allowed collection and export of yew, which is in great

A US firm has filed a patent for a jaundice curing medicinal plant, found in south India

Bhotiyas are a pastoral-migratory community, inhabiting the high alti - tudes of Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim. Bhotiyas spend the winter in the foothills and migrate to the high hills during the summer.

Scientists compile India's ethnic knowledge. They find a veritable gold mine

In the wake of growing demand in the West, multinational companies are attempting to patent isabgol

The Indian subcontinent is set to lose about 1,500 species of precious plants