In the present context, intensive and unregulated exploitation of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) has significantly compromised their conservation status, posing serious risks to their long-term sustainable availability. Consequently, the development and implementation of effective and adaptive conservation strategies have become critically important, particularly as emerging challenges such as climate change and biological invasions further exacerbate pressures on MAP populations.

Conservation Strategies for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Asia: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of existing conservation approaches for MAPs across Asia. It integrates traditional and indigenous knowledge with modern scientific frameworks to assess the conservation status of MAPs and to design region-specific, evidence-based strategies. The volume addresses emerging challenges such as climate change, habitat degradation, overharvesting, and biological invasions, while offering up-to-date insights into disease management, sustainable harvesting, cultivation, and ex situ and in situ conservation techniques.

Salient features:

• Highlights the rich indigenous and traditional knowledge systems associated with MAPs across Asian countries.
• Presents standardized criteria for assessing the conservation status of MAPs to support the formulation of targeted and effective conservation strategies.
• Provides up-to-date insights into disease management, propagation methods, and conservation techniques for MAPs.
• Showcases successful conservation case studies from various regions of Asia, illustrating practical and evidence-based conservation practices.
• Offers critical policy perspectives and strategic recommendations to support the conservation, sustainable use, and governance of MAPs.

This book is a valuable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars, teachers, and early-career researchers working in ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, Ayurveda, and MAPs. It is also relevant for scientists, conservationists, policymakers, resource managers, NGOs, industry professionals, and government agencies involved in the conservation, restoration, and sustainable utilization of MAPs across Asia.

Dr. Rajkumari Sanayaima Devi, Ph.D.

Dr. Rajkumari S. Devi is presently working as Assistant Professor (Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India). She obtained her doctorate from the Department of Botany, University of Delhi, India. The area of her research is plant conservation. She has published more than 20 publications in international journals and publishers.

Sachchidanand Tripathi, Ph.D

Sachchidanand Tripathi is presently working as Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, India. The areas of his interest are plant ecology, soil ecology, ecophysiology and urban ecology. He has published more than 50 publications (including research publications, books and book chapters, conference proceedings) with reputed international journals and publishers.

Rahul Bhadouria, Ph.D.

Rahul Bhadouria is working as an assistant professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has published more than 24 papers, 32 book chapters, and 17 edited books in internationally reputed journals/publishers. His current research areas are, management of soil C dynamics to mitigate climate change, a perspective on tree seedling survival and growth attributes in tropical dry forests under the realm of climate change, plant community assembly, functional diversity and soil attributes along the forest-savanna-grassland continuum in India, recovery of degraded mountains in central Himalayas and urban ecology.