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Indigenous biodiversity of Apatani plateau: learning on biocultural knowledge of Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh for sustainable livelihoods.

Characterization of plant based knowledge and refinement and value addition to bio-products may further advance livelihoods regime of Apatani tribes and ensure their IPR protection on plantbased knowledge and products, and equitable benefit sharing over plant basedknowledge systems.

Fossil woods from Upper Tertiary sediments of Jammu region (Jammu & Kashmir) North-West India and their significance

Petrified dicotyledonous woods are reported for the first time from the Middle Siwalik sediments of Jammu region (Jammu & Kashmir) in the northwestern part of India. The fossil woods resembling modem…
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Traditional knowledge of Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh on plants.

Arunachal Pradesh, falling under Easter Himalayan region one of the global mega-diversity centers, is a botanical paradise and the home of 110 ethnic communities (tribes) most of which are still…

Tribal institutions and conservation of the bioculturally valuable ‘tasat’ (Arenga obtusifolia) tree in the eastern Himalaya

This study reports on the biocultural dimensions of the tasat (Arenga obtusifolia Griff.) tree and its conservation by various informal institutions of the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The…
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Traditional knowledge of Nyishi ( Daffla ) tribe of Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh, falling under Eastern Himalayan region, which is one of the global mega-diversity centre, is a botanical paradise with ca 4,485 species of angiosperms; 44 taxa of gymnosperms; ca…

Bioculturally important plant diversity of Arunachal Pradesh: learning from Adi and Monpa communities about 'future crops of India'.

These 15 ethnobotanicals are invaluable depositories of hidden but significant gene pool which could be used in plant breeding programme and develop new plant varieties to cope up with the challenges of food, and nutritional insecurity, and changing climate also.

Occurrence of acrostichum linn., a coastal fern in the Tertiary sediments of Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, north-west Himalaya

A fossil fern frond resembling that of Acrostichum Linn, is described from the Kasauli sediments (Lower Miocene), exposed along Kalka-Shimla road between Kumar Hatti and Barong, Himachal Pradesh.…
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Toko-Patta ( Livistona jenkinsiana Griff): Adi community and conservation of culturally important endangered tree species in eastern Himalaya

Results indicate that Toko is conserved in jhum lands, Morang forest and home gardens at the larger scale and Indigenous institution has still great role to control overexploitation of this species and solve the dispute on Toko.

Bioculturally important rare new plant species of Heteropanax Seems (Araliaceae) from Eastern Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh

The biocultural uses of this species by the Nyshi tribe are reported first time here and the ways and means to sustain this plant species in Arunachal Pradesh are discussed.

People and plant: Learning with Adi community on ethnomedicinal practices and conservation in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Plant species used as ethnomedicines for some of the diseases and ailments by the Adi TKHs can be undertaken for the long-term trial to find some natural remedies against few human diseases, including search of immune enhancer against COVID-19.
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