The paper deals with 38 wild edible plants of Majuli island and Darrang districts.

This publication focuses on the present scope and trends of international policies and activities related to the protection and preservation of traditional knowledge. The publication is based on a series of educational events organized and conducted by LIENIP.

This paper reports their botanical identity, family, local names, parts used, preparations and doses, if any. It was observed that tribal people use barks of various trees in the form of decoction, infusion, extract, paste, poultice, powder, etc.

The study throws light on folk ethnoveterinary practices of Udaipur district of Rajasthan. The paper deals with 30 diseases of domestic animals and their treatment by 62 plant species found in close vicinity of the rural people of the area.

The book offers a systematic overview of the relationship between the social and political environment and health.

Ethnomedicinal survey of various tribes in the four districts of Sikkim reveals the use of medicinal plants. The paper records ethnomedicinal values of 36 plants species belonging to 27 families having the activities in gastrointestinal tract disorders.

Previous studies show that being indigenous is associated with being poor, and that over time that relation has stayed constant. Studies also show that indigenous peoples’ poverty has not diminished over time, including over the period of the world’s first indigenous peoples decade, 1994-2004 (Hall and Patrinos 2006). Furthermore, indigenous peoples suffer from many other disadvantages, and even when they are able to accumulate human capital this does not translate into significantly greater earnings or a closing of the poverty gap with the non indigenous population.

In Madhya Pradesh, Baiga and Gond tribes are identified as the main collectors and users of forest resources among the forest dwellers. These non-wood forest products (NTFPs) have immense potential to meet the daily requirement of tribal communities and also a source of raw material supply to small pharmaceutical industries.

The study identifies 43 species of weeds belonging to 36 genera and 26 families that are commonly consumed by the tribal population as per their availability.

This paper analyzed the dyeing condition of traditional turmeric dyes collected from Lucknow, Shillong and from local market, through aqueous/solvent extraction procedure using vacuum evaporator and spray drying of aqueous extract.