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    A dimension within Wildlife & Plant Decline

    Medicinal Plant Preservation

    This theme discusses the importance of conserving biodiversity, especially medicinal plants and herbs, in the face of deforestation.

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    Nearby, the main topics are the **significant depletion of medicinal herbs, trees, and plants** in the forests, leading to the extinction of traditional resources and impacting livelihoods 🌲💧. There is a strong sense of loss and urgency regarding the disappearing natural heritage. However, there are also many voices highlighting the **critical importance of forest protection** and expressing a desire to revive and preserve these vital ecosystems and their benefits for future generations 💡.

    Dominant Themes

    Forest Depletion
    Loss of Medicinal Herbs and Plants
    Extinction of Traditional Resources
    Need for Forest Protection
    Impact on Livelihoods

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌳 🌱 🌿Implement robust reforestation and afforestation programs specifically targeting native medicinal plants and trees.
    • 🤝 💡 📚Establish community-led forest conservation initiatives and provide resources for traditional knowledge preservation and transfer.
    • 🛡 ⚖ 🌲Increase surveillance and enforcement against illegal logging and deforestation to protect existing forest areas.

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    Where these voices come from

    ODISHA, INDIA50 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA23 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA15 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA12 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA5 voices MANIPUR, INDIA1 voice

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    🌳 🌿 🚫

    Herbs, vegetable trees, medicinal plants are becoming extinct from our forests.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 📉 😟

    Our medicinal herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees are depleting from the forests.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌿 📉 😟

    The forest's medicinal plants are depleting.

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌿 💨 😔

    The disappearance of medicinal plants and herbs; earlier, medicinal herbs could be found in forests, but now everything is disappearing.

    — VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand

    🌿 ⚠️ 🌳

    Medicinal plants are on the verge of extinction in the forest. The forest should be protected.

    — upendra sunani · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌳 📉 😔

    In this eternal forest, various valuable trees and medicinal plants are slowly starting to disappear.

    — NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌳 📉 😔

    In the forest, all the ancient trees are disappearing. And all the medicinal trees are also disappearing.

    — Anupama Mahanand

    🌿 🚫 🙏

    Medicinal plants and roots found in the forest are no longer available. We must protect them.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌱 📉 💧

    Herbs are running out, water and forests are getting depleted.

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌿 🚫 🛡️

    Previously, gethi kanda and bejaan kanda were found in the forest. All of that is now finished and needs to be protected. And all these medicines are herbs.

    — Babulal Ayam · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌿 ⛏️ 🌱

    Earlier, in our village's forest, we found many abundant herbs. But unfortunately, the roots of these herbs in the forest are being severely destroyed. So, we will try to keep them alive for this. I will go a bit.

    — Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌳 📉 😔

    Forests are disappearing, livelihoods are being destroyed. Forests are also getting depleted, herbs are disappearing. It's not like it used to be.

    — Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 📉 🆘

    Even many large trees in the forest have been depleted, and there are no medicinal herbs left. Animals and birds in the forest are also disappearing. Therefore, we absolutely need the forest.

    — Mukunda Majhi · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌳 📉 🛡️

    Due to the cutting of trees and plants in the village, various herbs and food items are becoming extinct. We can protect them.

    — Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan

    🌿 📉 😔

    In earlier times, medicinal fruits were found in the forest, but now those things are becoming extinct day by day.

    — Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌿 📉 ❤️‍🩹

    Due to deforestation, our medicinal herbs, like chirata, are diminishing, which in ancient times greatly contributed to people's health.

    — upendra sunani

    🌳 🚫 🌱

    The herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees have been depleted from the forest.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 ✂️ 🌱

    Large trees have been cut down, due to which it is becoming difficult to find forest vegetables and herbs.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 🌱 🌿

    There was a forest, but it is no longer there. To obtain medicinal herbs, they planted a forest so that they could get the herbs.

    — Padmini Bhoi · SKIP NO LOCATION

    🌳 🪓 🚫

    In olden times, many kinds of herbs were available in our village, but in the current situation, due to the cutting of this forest, some conservation efforts could not be made, which means for us in the coming time...

    — Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan

    🌳 🛡️ 🌿

    We must protect our forests so that herbs remain.

    — Chanda

    🌳 💔 😔

    Herbs/animals in the forest are undergoing changes or damage.

    — AbhiLL Ipsa

    🌿 💨 🆘

    In our village, treatment was done with wild herbs, which is decreasing today. If it is not saved in the future, it will gradually disappear.

    — Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌳 💨 😔

    The forests, animals, birds, and springs that used to be in our forest are slowly disappearing.

    — Batakrushna Sahoo

    🌳 ⬇️ 🚫

    The forest is depleting

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 ✂️ 💀

    Significant changes or losses are occurring in forests, such as trees and plants being cut down excessively, herbs disappearing, animals becoming extinct, and insects migrating from one place to another.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🌳 🪓 💀

    We have seen many changes in the forest nowadays, such as trees and plants being cut down, the forest being deforested, herbs disappearing, animals and birds going extinct, and the water level depleting.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🌳 📉 🌿

    In this village, the forest has been damaged a bit more than before this time. Herbs cannot be collected, and because of that, we...

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🌳 🥀 🐦

    Name - Udaya Guruteli Village - Jamuguda District - Malkangiri In the forest I observed, trees, creepers, birds, various kinds of medicinal plants, and weeds are decreasing.

    — S Guruteli

    🌿 🌳 🌱

    Herbs of the forest

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🙈 😔

    Earlier, our house was next to a forest. We used to collect medicinal herbs from it. Now, it's just a forest line, as if the forest has become hidden.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🌳 ❌ 💔

    Currently, we are seeing that trees, animals, and herbs in the forest are being destroyed.

    — MUKTA THAKUR · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌳 🛡️ 🌿

    If we do not protect our forests, then the medicinal herbs and trees of our forests, which contribute to our economic situation, may be destroyed. Therefore, it is very important to protect our forests.

    — Chanda

    🌳 💔 🚫

    Yes, damage has definitely occurred. Previously, people used to obtain two traditional food items by cutting trees from the forest. Now, these are not available. Furthermore, there has been extensive damage to medicinal plants, and those are also not available.

    — gobardhan pangi

    🌿 🚫 🤏

    Today, when we talk about forest products, things like root vegetables and fruits such as Kendu, Baheda, and Harida, which also had medicinal properties, are no longer available. They have now become extinct or are found in very small quantities.

    — Debendra Suna · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌳 📉 🐾

    In today's time, many changes are happening in the forests. Trees are being cut, medicinal plants are disappearing, animals are becoming extinct, and migration is happening very rapidly.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🌳 🌿 🌱

    Forest herbs

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 ⛏️ 🚫

    They are destroying our forests, which provide forest vegetables, herbs, and trees, by mining minerals.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 💨 🌲

    Fruit trees and vegetable plants have disappeared from our forests.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌳 ✂️ 💔

    In today's era, forests are undergoing many kinds of changes and losses, such as trees being cut, herbs disappearing, animals becoming extinct, people migrating from one place to another, and insects.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    Sources & credits

    The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.

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