It’s tough to be a wild orchid: Interview with conservation biologist Reshu Bashyal

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Bashyal emphasizes the importance of raising awareness about the significance of wild plants and updating inventories to guide conservation efforts.are diverse flowering plants with colorful and fragrant blooms and are often described as neglected plants in Nepal, where an estimated 500 or so of the roughly 30,000 species known to science are found. Most orchid plants require tree limbs for support and don’t need soil to grow — hence the garland-like appearance.

There is also a misconception that a species listed in CITES can’t be traded. However, that’s not the case. It allows the trade of Appendix II species provided that the government prepares a species management plan. However, such plans are rarely prepared in Nepal, and Appendix I and Appendix II species are treated in the same way.

Mongabay: In the case of community forest user groups, we have seen that their primary focus is on extracting timber from the forest, and they are relatively unaware of even wild animals, let alone plants.in Nepali. But at times, they hide and prosper in plain sight, as people allow plants to thrive on their own without intervening.

The other main challenge for protected areas is that they are designed to meet the needs and requirements of charismatic megafauna such as tigers of dried Dactylorhiza hatagirea from Gorkha in western Nepal with an estimated market value of $166,280. Image by Reshuffled Bashyal.

 

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