Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in India: Prospects in Relation to Sustainable Development Goals.

Sharmistha Basu

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2021.v03i01.71207

Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in India: Prospects in Relation to Sustainable Development Goals.

Author(s)	Ms. Sharmistha Basu
Country	India
Abstract	For centuries, medicinal plant has still been the pillar of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani system of medicines. In recent times, there has been a remarkable decline in the medicinal plant biodiversity due to unplanned use, increasing demand, unsustainable harvesting practices, and habitat destruction of medicinally important plans. Worldwide, the medicinal plants play a very important role in the primary healthcare systems, and it is one of the important sources of bioactive compounds for our modern drug development. The main aim of this review is to understand and evaluate the current position of medicinal plant use and to understand and examine the sustainability challenges which are associated with their exploitation and unplanned usage. The relevant literature was collected from various scientific databases like scopus, Google scholar, PubMed, Web of Science. This review particularly discusses sustainable cultivation approaches adopted by the indigenous people or local people in major Indian biocultural regions (Himalayas, Western Ghats, central and eastern India, and urban centres) .This study highlights urgent need for such an integrated conservation efforts and sustainable management practices that will ensure the future of our young generation and will ensure the liability of these bio resources to our future generations.Sustainable uses of these medicine plants can only create a balance between the intelligent use of these bioresources and their existence on the earth. Scarcity of long‑term ecological monitoring limited quantitative sustainability analysis, marginalisation of traditional knowledge in excess and benefit sharing are hurdles towards achievement of SDG. The paper concludes with the outlining future research and the various policy directions which can be undertaken for strengthening the sustainable use of MAPs in India for more resilient, livelihood and achievement of sustainable development goals.
Keywords	Medicinal plants, India, Sustainable use, Ethnobotany, Ayurveda and traditional medicine, Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs), Conservation strategies, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Biodiversity and livelihoods, Community-based management
Field	Biology > Agriculture / Botany
Published In	Volume 3, Issue 1, January-February 2021
Published On	2021-01-07
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2021.v03i01.71207

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