Floristic composition, biological spectrum and conservation status of a sacred grove from Jhargram district, West Bengal, India

Sen, Uday Kumar; Bhakat, Ram Kumar

doi:10.54207/bsmps1000-2019-9v65w9

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“…The plant species were collected from their own habitats with the help of informants for identification, and herbarium was prepared following conventional methods and deposited in the Botany department of the Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. The ethnomedicinal data were verified and cross checked by different tribal communities and finally verified with the help of available published literature (Pal & Jain, 1998;Bhakat & Pandit, 2003;Pakrashi & Mukhopadhya, 2004;Bandyopadhyay & Mukherjee, 2005;Paria, 2005;Bandyopadhyay & Mukherjee, 2006;Das & Mondal, 2009;Upadhya et al, 2009;Mitra & Mukherjee, 2010;Chekole, 2017;Sadat-Hosseini et al, 2017;Bhakat & Sen, 2018;Demie et al, 2018;Dutta, 2018;Faruque et al, 2018;Marin et al, 2018;Sen, 2018;Faruque et al, 2019;Dutta et al, 2020;Kassa et al, 2020;Das, 2021;George & Hautier, 2021;Raghuvanshi et al, 2021;Sen & Bhakat, 2021). The plants were identified through relevant flora and monographs and the validity of the correct scientific name, author citation, and family names were confirmed using www.theplantlist.org.…”

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Quantitative Ethnomedicinal Study of Plants Used to Treat Bone Fracture in Jhargram District, West Bengal, India

Das¹,

Das²,

Bhakat³

2022

World J Environ Biosci

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Jhargram District is rich in plant diversity. The local tribal people of remote areas of this district mainly depend on traditional knowledge of medicinal plants to treatment of bone fracture. The main aim of the study was to documentation of herbal drugs preparation for treatment of bone fracture. The present study deals with 14 plant species under 12 families that are used by different tribal people like Santal, Munda, Lodha, Bhumij, and Sabar to cure bone fractures. The extensive season wise field survey was carried out from December 2018-February 2020. A total of 39 informants were selected from different village areas of this district for collecting valuable ethnomedicinal information through a standard questionnaire, interviews, and oral communication. This paper highlights the local name of plant species, usable plant parts, various modes of administration and combination of herbal drugs and also focus on conservation of such ethnomedicinal plants around us. Surveying data were analyzed by different quantitative tools such as relative frequency of citation (RFC) and fidelity level (FL).

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Quantitative Ethnomedicinal Study of Plants Used to Treat Bone Fracture in Jhargram District, West Bengal, India

Das¹,

Das²,

Bhakat³

2022

World J Environ Biosci

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“…et al 2011;Yudiatmaja, 2020;Heriyanti, 2021 ). The wisdom of local communities and their traditional knowledge in their culture has the potential to prevent damage to nature and forest ecosystems (Maru, 2020), and trigger sustainability (Sen, 2018).…”

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Local Culture and Environmental Conservation: A Study on the Symbols’ Meaning Used in Barong Wae Ceremony in Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia

Niman¹,

Wahyu²

2023

IJSSHR

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Forest and water are of benefit for human. However, the forest and water condition in Indonesia is getting worse. Therefore, there should be a wise action to save them. One of the efforts is to see the existence of the local wisdom. This study aims at examining the meaning, and values contained in the Manggarain barong wae cultural ceremony in the context of forest conservation. To reach the objectives in question, interview, observation, and documentation were used to collect data which were subsequently interpreted following symbolic interaction theory. Findings revealed that aside from as a pillar of conservation, barong wae also functioned as a pillar of spiritual life (gratitude and request), a forum for togetherness, a behavior controller, and as a means of self-recovery /repentance. Meanwhile, based on the meaning given, in addition to ecological value, barong wae also has religious and social values. To sum up, barong wae deals with eco-socio- telogy Manggaraian conception toward the existence of nature.

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“…In studies of sacred grove regeneration that are available (primarily from India; e.g., Bharathi and Prasad 2015, 2017; Boraiah et al 2003; Davidar et al 2007; Khumbongmayum et al 2006; Onyekwelu et al 2021; Prasad and Bharathi 2016; Sen 2018; Sen and Bhakat 2021; Shrestha et al 2016), the methodologies have typically categorized forest population and community regeneration levels as good, fair, interrupted, or poor based on the relative abundances of adults, saplings, and seedlings. However, this approach can obscure underlying patterns by arbitrarily dividing the continuum of abundance levels into discrete regeneration categories.…”

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Tree Diversity and Regeneration in Sacred Groves and Nature Reserves in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

Zeng

Cao

Lin

et al. 2022

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Holy Hills, sacred groves protected by ethnic minority Dai people, have garnered great interest for conservation in Xishuangbanna—a region containing some of the world's northernmost tropical rain forests and China's richest biodiversity, though much of it has been threatened by deforestation from rubber cultivation. As some of the only remaining forest fragments outside nature reserves, Holy Hills have been documented to contain rare species and ecosystems underrepresented in protected areas. Although previous studies provided some insight into fragmentation impacts, they lacked data to examine population structures. Accordingly, this study uses continuous metrics of tree regeneration for the first time in sacred groves, while also drawing on ethnographic understandings of socioecological contexts of human disturbance, to examine biodiversity and regeneration in three Holy Hills and two nature reserves. Contrary to expectations that smaller area and fragmentation effects would decrease biodiversity in Holy Hills, we found no significant difference in diversity between Holy Hills and nature reserves, though we detected marginally significantly less diversity in seedlings, and certain Holy Hills displayed a shift towards light-demanding species. Common and dominant species varied by site, speaking to the importance of inter-patch beta diversity captured among Holy Hills that can support the maintenance of a regional species pool. Our results also indicated considerable regeneration opportunity in Holy Hills, though individual site conditions and histories had a strong influence. We recommend collaborating with communities and local institutions not only to safeguard existing forest, but also to regenerate and restore fragments whose protection is bolstered with cultural meaning.

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Floristic composition, biological spectrum and conservation status of a sacred grove from Jhargram district, West Bengal, India

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Quantitative Ethnomedicinal Study of Plants Used to Treat Bone Fracture in Jhargram District, West Bengal, India

Quantitative Ethnomedicinal Study of Plants Used to Treat Bone Fracture in Jhargram District, West Bengal, India

Local Culture and Environmental Conservation: A Study on the Symbols’ Meaning Used in Barong Wae Ceremony in Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia

Tree Diversity and Regeneration in Sacred Groves and Nature Reserves in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

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