Ram Prasad Chaudhary
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 660951 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ram Prasad Chaudhary |
| PRENOMES | Ram Prasad |
| SOBRENOME | Chaudhary |
| ASSINATURA | CHAUDHARY R P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tribhuvan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1839-0727 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 80 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Climate-driven habitat shifts and conservation gaps for Himalayan Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall) Royle) in Nepal Himalaya
Medicinal plants in the Nepal Himalaya are important commodities for the sustenance of local livelihoods and the national economy. Therefore, assessing the impact of climate change on highly valued medicinal plants is a critical need given their substantial vulnerability. Polygonatum cirrhifolium is an important medicinal plant of the Nepal Himalaya, contributing substantially to rural livelihoods and the national economy. In this study, using Ma…
Status, challenges and pathways to the sustainable use of wild species
Traditional use of medicinal plants in the Chyangthapu-Phalaicha biological sub-corridor, Panchthar District, Kangchenjunga Landscape, Nepal
Background: Chyangthapu-Phalaicha located in the northeastern Panchthar District, is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalaya. The present study was conducted to document the knowledge of the ethnomedicinal uses and practices that exist in the area before the associated socio-cultural knowledge on biological diversity is lost. Methods: Ethnomedicinal data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires. The importance of medicinal pla…
Quest for development
This paper examines the national planning process and the effectiveness of foreign aid for the development of Nepal from 1956 to 2019 using archived planning documents, international publications, and facts gleaned from conversations with planning officials. The existence of the National Planning Commission predates the establishment of the Ministry of Finance in Nepal. However, the lack of coordination between the two agencies has turned the for…
Ecological relationships at a near-natural treeline, Rolwaling Valley, Nepal Himalaya
Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Khandadevi and Gokulganga Rural Municipality of Ramechhap District of Nepal
Background: This study was focused on the ethnobotany of different ethnic communities residing in Majhuwa and Chuchure villages of Khandadevi and Gokulganga Rural Municipality of Ramechhap District of Bagmati Province of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.Methods: The ethnobotanical study was carried out by using semi-structured questionnaires in which participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and rapid rural appraisal (RRA) tools were used to ac…
Diversity and use of wild and non-cultivated edible plants in the Western Himalaya
BACKGROUND: Local people in the Himalayan region use a wide range of wild and non-cultivated edible plants (WNEPs) for food, spice, medicinal, and cultural purposes. However, their availability, use, status and contribution to livelihood security are poorly documented, and they have been generally overlooked in recent agro-biodiversity conservation and management programmes. The study aimed to investigate WNEP diversity and current status in a pa…
Indigenous knowledge and use of lichens by the lichenophilic communities of the Nepal Himalaya
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to document the prevailing indigenous knowledge and various uses of lichens among the lichenophilic communities in the hills and mountainous settlements of Nepal. METHODS: Ethnic uses were recorded during twelve field trips, each of roughly 15 days in three consecutive years, through direct questionnaires administered to 190 respondents. Lichen samples were identified applying microscopic observation and thin …
Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape
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 managem…
Pastoral Abandonment, Shrub Proliferation and Landscape Changes
Seminatural grasslands have long been shaped and maintained by human-induced fire and grazing regimes in order to utilise extensive land areas, not suitable for intensive cultivation, for the production of protein for human consumption. Changes in either management regimes have great implications for vegetation cover and composition. In this context, we qualitatively examined 18 grasslands used by transhumance agro-pastoralists in western Gorkha,…
Collection and trade of wild-harvested orchids in Nepal
Background Wild orchids are illegally harvested and traded in Nepal for use in local traditional medicine, horticulture, and international trade. This study aims to: 1) identify the diversity of species of wild orchids in trade in Nepal; 2) study the chain of commercialization from collector to client and/or export; 3) map traditional knowledge and medicinal use of orchids; and 4) integrate the collected data to propose a more sustainable approac…
How Representative is the Protected Areas System of Nepal
A protected areas system (PAS) is effective only when it adequately includes a representative sample of important geophysical and biological features, including critically endangered biota of a region. However, protected areas in Nepal, as in many parts of the world, have been established on an ad hoc basis, and thus one or more important features have been overlooked. We conducted a gap analysis and developed a comparison index to assess the rep…
Farming flexibility and food security under climatic uncertainty
Climate change is predicted to cause a substantial decrease in food production in poor regions during this century. But since reliable models of future climates have not been produced at local level as yet, this article focuses on the flexibility of farming systems in terms of adaptability to changing conditions of production, whatever those changes may turn out to be. Defining flexibility as ‘uncommitted potentiality for change’ Bateson 1972 , t…
The use of medicinal plants in the trans-himalayan arid zone of Mustang district, Nepal
Background This study documents the use of medicinal plants from the Mustang district of the north-central part of Nepal. Traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this district and traditional Tibetan doctors (Amchi) serve as the local medical experts. Methods Field research was conducted in 27 communities of the Mustang district in Nepal from 2005-2007. We sampled 202 interviewees, using rand…
Wild Edible Plants Used by the People of Manang District, Central Nepal
Plant diversity plays an important role in maintaining the world's foods demands. Even today in Manang, a remote, mountainous district within the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, local people gather substantial amounts of wild plants to meet their daily nutritional needs, with several species also used for trade. There has been little documented regarding the use of these wild foods, which play a part in both daily nutrition, and survival duri…
Ethnomedicinal plants used by the people of Manang district, central Nepal
BACKGROUND: The district of Manang (2000 - 6000 m) is located in the Central Himalayas, Nepal. The majority of local inhabitants of the area are Gurungs, of Tibetan origin. The remoteness of the region has resulted in continued use of plants as medicine in an area where the ethnobotany has sparsely been documented. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with amchi (Tibetan medicinal practitioners), local healers (including priests locally known as 'l…
Cleyera japonica Thunb. var. wallichiana (DC.) Sealy (Theaceae)
Diversity and use of wild and non-cultivated edible plants in the Western Himalaya
BACKGROUND: Local people in the Himalayan region use a wide range of wild and non-cultivated edible plants (WNEPs) for food, spice, medicinal, and cultural purposes. However, their availability, use, status and contribution to livelihood security are poorly documented, and they have been generally overlooked in recent agro-biodiversity conservation and management programmes. The study aimed to investigate WNEP diversity and current status in a pa…
The use of medicinal plants in the trans-himalayan arid zone of Mustang district, Nepal
Background This study documents the use of medicinal plants from the Mustang district of the north-central part of Nepal. Traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this district and traditional Tibetan doctors (Amchi) serve as the local medical experts. Methods Field research was conducted in 27 communities of the Mustang district in Nepal from 2005-2007. We sampled 202 interviewees, using rand…
Ethnomedicinal plants used by the people of Manang district, central Nepal
BACKGROUND: The district of Manang (2000 - 6000 m) is located in the Central Himalayas, Nepal. The majority of local inhabitants of the area are Gurungs, of Tibetan origin. The remoteness of the region has resulted in continued use of plants as medicine in an area where the ethnobotany has sparsely been documented. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with amchi (Tibetan medicinal practitioners), local healers (including priests locally known as 'l…
Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape
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 managem…
Collection and trade of wild-harvested orchids in Nepal
Background Wild orchids are illegally harvested and traded in Nepal for use in local traditional medicine, horticulture, and international trade. This study aims to: 1) identify the diversity of species of wild orchids in trade in Nepal; 2) study the chain of commercialization from collector to client and/or export; 3) map traditional knowledge and medicinal use of orchids; and 4) integrate the collected data to propose a more sustainable approac…
Indigenous knowledge and use of lichens by the lichenophilic communities of the Nepal Himalaya
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to document the prevailing indigenous knowledge and various uses of lichens among the lichenophilic communities in the hills and mountainous settlements of Nepal. METHODS: Ethnic uses were recorded during twelve field trips, each of roughly 15 days in three consecutive years, through direct questionnaires administered to 190 respondents. Lichen samples were identified applying microscopic observation and thin …
Farming flexibility and food security under climatic uncertainty
Climate change is predicted to cause a substantial decrease in food production in poor regions during this century. But since reliable models of future climates have not been produced at local level as yet, this article focuses on the flexibility of farming systems in terms of adaptability to changing conditions of production, whatever those changes may turn out to be. Defining flexibility as ‘uncommitted potentiality for change’ Bateson 1972 , t…
Status, challenges and pathways to the sustainable use of wild species
Quest for development
This paper examines the national planning process and the effectiveness of foreign aid for the development of Nepal from 1956 to 2019 using archived planning documents, international publications, and facts gleaned from conversations with planning officials. The existence of the National Planning Commission predates the establishment of the Ministry of Finance in Nepal. However, the lack of coordination between the two agencies has turned the for…
Pastoral Abandonment, Shrub Proliferation and Landscape Changes
Seminatural grasslands have long been shaped and maintained by human-induced fire and grazing regimes in order to utilise extensive land areas, not suitable for intensive cultivation, for the production of protein for human consumption. Changes in either management regimes have great implications for vegetation cover and composition. In this context, we qualitatively examined 18 grasslands used by transhumance agro-pastoralists in western Gorkha,…
Cleyera japonica Thunb. var. wallichiana (DC.) Sealy (Theaceae)
Ethnomedicinal plants used by the people of Manang district, central Nepal
BACKGROUND: The district of Manang (2000 - 6000 m) is located in the Central Himalayas, Nepal. The majority of local inhabitants of the area are Gurungs, of Tibetan origin. The remoteness of the region has resulted in continued use of plants as medicine in an area where the ethnobotany has sparsely been documented. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with amchi (Tibetan medicinal practitioners), local healers (including priests locally known as 'l…
Wild Edible Plants Used by the People of Manang District, Central Nepal
Plant diversity plays an important role in maintaining the world's foods demands. Even today in Manang, a remote, mountainous district within the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, local people gather substantial amounts of wild plants to meet their daily nutritional needs, with several species also used for trade. There has been little documented regarding the use of these wild foods, which play a part in both daily nutrition, and survival duri…
How Representative is the Protected Areas System of Nepal
A protected areas system (PAS) is effective only when it adequately includes a representative sample of important geophysical and biological features, including critically endangered biota of a region. However, protected areas in Nepal, as in many parts of the world, have been established on an ad hoc basis, and thus one or more important features have been overlooked. We conducted a gap analysis and developed a comparison index to assess the rep…
Farming flexibility and food security under climatic uncertainty
Climate change is predicted to cause a substantial decrease in food production in poor regions during this century. But since reliable models of future climates have not been produced at local level as yet, this article focuses on the flexibility of farming systems in terms of adaptability to changing conditions of production, whatever those changes may turn out to be. Defining flexibility as ‘uncommitted potentiality for change’ Bateson 1972 , t…
The use of medicinal plants in the trans-himalayan arid zone of Mustang district, Nepal
Background This study documents the use of medicinal plants from the Mustang district of the north-central part of Nepal. Traditional botanical medicine is the primary mode of healthcare for most of the population of this district and traditional Tibetan doctors (Amchi) serve as the local medical experts. Methods Field research was conducted in 27 communities of the Mustang district in Nepal from 2005-2007. We sampled 202 interviewees, using rand…
Collection and trade of wild-harvested orchids in Nepal
Background Wild orchids are illegally harvested and traded in Nepal for use in local traditional medicine, horticulture, and international trade. This study aims to: 1) identify the diversity of species of wild orchids in trade in Nepal; 2) study the chain of commercialization from collector to client and/or export; 3) map traditional knowledge and medicinal use of orchids; and 4) integrate the collected data to propose a more sustainable approac…
Pastoral Abandonment, Shrub Proliferation and Landscape Changes
Seminatural grasslands have long been shaped and maintained by human-induced fire and grazing regimes in order to utilise extensive land areas, not suitable for intensive cultivation, for the production of protein for human consumption. Changes in either management regimes have great implications for vegetation cover and composition. In this context, we qualitatively examined 18 grasslands used by transhumance agro-pastoralists in western Gorkha,…
Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape
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 managem…
Indigenous knowledge and use of lichens by the lichenophilic communities of the Nepal Himalaya
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to document the prevailing indigenous knowledge and various uses of lichens among the lichenophilic communities in the hills and mountainous settlements of Nepal. METHODS: Ethnic uses were recorded during twelve field trips, each of roughly 15 days in three consecutive years, through direct questionnaires administered to 190 respondents. Lichen samples were identified applying microscopic observation and thin …
Diversity and use of wild and non-cultivated edible plants in the Western Himalaya
BACKGROUND: Local people in the Himalayan region use a wide range of wild and non-cultivated edible plants (WNEPs) for food, spice, medicinal, and cultural purposes. However, their availability, use, status and contribution to livelihood security are poorly documented, and they have been generally overlooked in recent agro-biodiversity conservation and management programmes. The study aimed to investigate WNEP diversity and current status in a pa…
Ecological relationships at a near-natural treeline, Rolwaling Valley, Nepal Himalaya
Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Khandadevi and Gokulganga Rural Municipality of Ramechhap District of Nepal
Background: This study was focused on the ethnobotany of different ethnic communities residing in Majhuwa and Chuchure villages of Khandadevi and Gokulganga Rural Municipality of Ramechhap District of Bagmati Province of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.Methods: The ethnobotanical study was carried out by using semi-structured questionnaires in which participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and rapid rural appraisal (RRA) tools were used to ac…
Traditional use of medicinal plants in the Chyangthapu-Phalaicha biological sub-corridor, Panchthar District, Kangchenjunga Landscape, Nepal
Background: Chyangthapu-Phalaicha located in the northeastern Panchthar District, is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalaya. The present study was conducted to document the knowledge of the ethnomedicinal uses and practices that exist in the area before the associated socio-cultural knowledge on biological diversity is lost. Methods: Ethnomedicinal data were collected through semi-structured questionnaires. The importance of medicinal pla…
Quest for development
This paper examines the national planning process and the effectiveness of foreign aid for the development of Nepal from 1956 to 2019 using archived planning documents, international publications, and facts gleaned from conversations with planning officials. The existence of the National Planning Commission predates the establishment of the Ministry of Finance in Nepal. However, the lack of coordination between the two agencies has turned the for…
Status, challenges and pathways to the sustainable use of wild species
Climate-driven habitat shifts and conservation gaps for Himalayan Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall) Royle) in Nepal Himalaya
Medicinal plants in the Nepal Himalaya are important commodities for the sustenance of local livelihoods and the national economy. Therefore, assessing the impact of climate change on highly valued medicinal plants is a critical need given their substantial vulnerability. Polygonatum cirrhifolium is an important medicinal plant of the Nepal Himalaya, contributing substantially to rural livelihoods and the national economy. In this study, using Ma…
Biology (14 obras) · Geography (14 obras) · Ecology (13 obras) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (9 obras) · Agroforestry (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Biodiversity (6 obras) · Ethnobotany (6 obras) · Medicinal plants (6 obras) · Socioeconomics (6 obras)