Biodiversity boon for Arunachal tribes

Biodiversity boon for Arunachal tribes [1]

At a presentation on the sidelines of COP 11 they reveal the result of their efforts

Arunachal Pradesh is helping tribal residents use ‘globally significant medicinal plants’ for livelihood security through community management of forests. The State has a staggering 500 medicinal plant species, and more than half the forests come under the control of the indigenous people. At a presentation on indigenous and new approaches to natural resource management in the State, held on the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity here on Thursday, tribal practitioners said they had set up seven Medicinal Plant Conservation Areas (MPCAs).

Publication Date:

19/10/2012

Author(s): G. Ananthakrishnan [2]

Source: Hindu (New Delhi) [3]

Tags:

COP 11 - CBD [4], Tribals [5], Medicinal Plants [6], Forests [7], Fauna [8], Birds [9], Biodiversity [10], Arunachal [11]