Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

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Concern for conservation and sustainable use of plant resources has been growing in many countries including India. The inhospitable and erratic climate in the desert ecosystem coupled with the high population of human and livestock make it susceptible to degradation and depletion. These depleting plant resources in the Rajasthan desert are discussed in the paper. Reasons for their depletion and strategies for conservation are detailed below besides a list of 43 rare and threatened taxa of the Rajasthan desert are presented alongwith their phenology and distribution etc.
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