GBIFMar 3

1) 🎉Today is #UnitedNations' World Wildlife Day, which celebrates the unique roles and contributions of wildlife to our planet. This year's theme highlights medicinal and aromatic plants! 🌱

🔎 A recent study modelled medicinal flora ranges in the Himalaya using GBIF-mediated data. The results predicted that climate change is likely to significantly impact flora in the region, specifically causing range contractions and upward elevation shifts across most studied species. 🏔️

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2) The authors note that strengthened transboundary conservation and expanded protected area networks are critical to safeguarding Himalayan medicinal biodiversity. 💚

🔗 https://gbif.link/medicinal-plants

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Outlook of medicinal plants in the Himalaya

Increasing climate disruptions are likely to cause declines for medicinal flora in the Himalaya

Mar 3 at 12:00pmWeb