Ethnoecological knowledge of wild fodder plant resources of district Buner Pakistan

Rahman, Sadiq Ur; Ullah, Zahid; Ali, Ahmad; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Sher, Hassan; Shinwari, Zabta Khan; Nazir, Abdul

doi:10.30848/pjb2022-2(27)

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“…The findings suggest that people mostly rely on plants for medicines and use plants as a source of their income. With the advancement of pharmaceutical research, there is increasing exploitation of such resources and traditional medicines are getting rare as reported previously (Sher et al 2014;Tariq et al 2021;Rahman et al 2022a;Alam et al, 2023). In this study, 4 species of Morchella including M. conica, M. elata, M. esculenta and M. vulgaris were recorded which are considered to have potential therapeutic relevance and use in treating hypertension, diabetes, hyper cholesterol level, cancer etc.…”

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Sustainability and socio-economic impacts of plant resources utilization in Valley Lalku, District Swat, Pakistan

Sher,

Ali,

Sher

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Background: Plants provide a variety of useful products such as food, wood for construction purposes, secondary metabolites with a huge range of commercial uses and raw materials for modern day pharmaceutical industry. These utilities place plants at the top of natural resources chart both ecologically and economically due to their prominent role in supporting the livelihood of man. In addition to this, common folk also benefit from sales and marketing of plants and plant products. Although these people-plant interactions play a vital role in poverty alleviation it is unfortunate that existing methods of plant resource utilization are unscientific, ill planned and lavish. These poor practices of resource overuse in developing countries have led to deforestation and removal of vegetation cover. Hence well-planned conservation centric studies are need of the day.Methods: Present study was designed to document plant resources utilization and their socio-economic impacts in montane temperate ecosystems of Lalku valley, District Swat. The study aimed at documentation of ethnic knowledge regarding the medicinally and socio-economically important plant species in the locality. Data on plant resources was collected by using standardized surveys and purpose specific questionnaires. Results:The study revealed that various ethnic groups of the locality were using 112 plants belonging to 63 families for multiples utilities. During survey it was found that the livelihood of rural populations was highly dependent upon these natural resources which provided a range of suitable products including timber, fuelwood, crude medicines, fruits and many other beneficial aspects for daily life. Conclusion:This research work concluded that people plant interactions in these montane temperate ecosystems are of huge value for the local folk ranging from wild edibles, timber, fuelwood and medicine as majority of the people belong to low-income classes. It was also noticed that plant resource utilization was heterogeneous which may lead to disastrous ecological consequences in years come. Hence, these plant resources are under the pressure of over collection on large scale. Moreover, the benefits obtained from the plant trade of commercially important plants are not sharing equally among the population, therefore there is a lack of interest in sustainable harvesting and sensible management. This has led to reduction in population density of valuable plant species. Current study will provide a baseline of information for future studies in this regard and will enable conservation biologists to lay down proper conservation strategies.

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Sustainability and socio-economic impacts of plant resources utilization in Valley Lalku, District Swat, Pakistan

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Sher

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“…This has had the effect of raising awareness of people living in and around the PAs about wildlife, including pangolins. Greater knowledge about pangolins among Indigenous people may be due to socio-cultural and religious factors, and close connection with nature, given that Indigenous communities possess diverse knowledge on different aspects of nature (Alam et al 2011).…”

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Human Dimensions of Pangolin Conservation: Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Ethnozoological Uses, and Willingness of Rural Communities to Enhance Pangolin Conservation in Nepal

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Gurung

Shrestha³

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Understanding local knowledge about wildlife, local uses, and local people's willingness to support conservation activities are crucial factors in formulating wildlife conservation strategies. We conducted a semi-structured questionnaire survey of 1017 people from 105 villages located in different ecological regions across all seven Provinces of Nepal. We performed generalized linear mixed modeling (GLMM) to investigate the key drivers influencing respondents' knowledge about pangolins, based on a questionnaire score. We identified provinces, ethnicity, occupation, gender, and age group as strong predictors influencing local ecological knowledge about pangolins. The respondents from provinces in the western part of Nepal represented significantly lower knowledge scores than the respondents from the eastern and central provinces. Similarly, respondents belonging to non-Indigenous groups, students, females, and people aged between 18-30 years had the lowest knowledge scores about pangolins. A range of uses and beliefs about pangolins were reported across Nepal, and 48% of respondents believed that pangolin scales and meat were used for traditional medicines. The majority of respondents (71.1%) were willing to support pangolin conservation in their local areas. Our study suggests that awareness programs, alternative livelihood, and incomegenerating trainings for local communities could be helpful in enhancing the long-term conservation of pangolins in Nepal. Increased efforts are needed in western Nepal and across the country with non-Indigenous communities, females, young people, and students. Thus, this study offers an important baseline to help design and execute effective community-based conservation actions and management decisions for pangolin conservation.

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“…Similar practices have been observed in China (Geng et al 2017) which support the findings of the present research. The herbaceous and grass species are most frequently available in fresh form for the cattle, available in fresh condition for the cattle during the spring and summer seasons because of favorable environmental conditions, whereas shrub and tree species are only available during the autumn and winter (Navale et al 2022;Rahman et al 2022). Some regions may have the availability of fodder species whole year due to moderate weather conditions, while others may experience significant seasonal fluctuations in availability (Gilhaus and Holzel 2016).…”

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Palatability status and animals’ preferences of forage plants in Pashat Valley, Pak-Afghan border, District Bajaur, Pakistan

Haq,

Badshah

2023

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Ethnoecological knowledge of wild fodder plant resources of district Buner Pakistan

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Sustainability and socio-economic impacts of plant resources utilization in Valley Lalku, District Swat, Pakistan

Sustainability and socio-economic impacts of plant resources utilization in Valley Lalku, District Swat, Pakistan

Human Dimensions of Pangolin Conservation: Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Ethnozoological Uses, and Willingness of Rural Communities to Enhance Pangolin Conservation in Nepal

Palatability status and animals’ preferences of forage plants in Pashat Valley, Pak-Afghan border, District Bajaur, Pakistan

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