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Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape: implications for conservation and livelihoods

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, May 2016
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Title
Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape: implications for conservation and livelihoods
Published in
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13002-016-0089-8
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Yadav Uprety, Ram C. Poudel, Janita Gurung, Nakul Chettri, Ram P. Chaudhary

Abstract

Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs), an important provisioning ecosystem services, are recognized for their contribution in rural livelihoods and forest conservation. Effective management through sustainable harvesting and market driven commercialization are two contrasting aspects that are bringing challenges in development of NTFPs sector. Identifying potential species having market value, conducting value chain analyses, and sustainable management of NTFPs need analysis of their use patterns by communities and trends at a regional scale. We analyzed use patterns, trends, and challenges in traditional use and management of NTFPs in the southern slope of Kangchenjunga Landscape, Eastern Himalaya and discussed potential implications for conservation and livelihoods. A total of 739 species of NTFPs used by the local people of Kangchenjunga Landscape were reported in the reviewed literature. Of these, the highest number of NTFPs was documented from India (377 species), followed by Nepal (363) and Bhutan (245). Though the reported species were used for 24 different purposes, medicinal and edible plants were the most frequently used NTFP categories in the landscape. Medicinal plants were used in 27 major ailment categories, with the highest number of species being used for gastro-intestinal disorders. Though the Kangchenjunga Landscape harbors many potential NTFPs, trade of NTFPs was found to be nominal indicating lack of commercialization due to limited market information. We found that the unsustainable harvesting and lack of marketing were the major constraints for sustainable management of NTFPs sector in the landscape despite of promising policy provisions. We suggest sustainable harvesting practices, value addition at local level, and marketing for promotion of NTFPs in the Kangchenjunga Landscape for income generation and livelihood improvement that subsequently contributes to conservation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 299 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 44 15%
Student > Master 42 14%
Researcher 41 14%
Student > Bachelor 37 12%
Other 17 6%
Other 53 18%
Unknown 66 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 80 27%
Environmental Science 62 21%
Social Sciences 13 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 12 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 4%
Other 45 15%
Unknown 77 26%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2023.
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#8,326,508
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#343
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#111,012
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#3
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