Human–Wildlife Conflict: People's Perception, Economic Damage and its Management in Banepa-2 of Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal

Traditional remedies play a great role in the cultural and religious life of the different tribes. According to WHO, till today 80% health problems are treated in rural and tribal community by traditional medicines. Sexual and reproductive health problems account for 18% of the total global burden of disease and 32% of the burden among women of reproductive age. This study was carried out in order to determine how the naturally available local plants are used for the treatment of reproductive and sexual disorder among the tribal people of villages located in the district of Jhargram of West Bengal. During the field trips, the information was collected through interviews, including various data obtained from local healers and traditional medicine men, herbalists, shepherds, patients and elderly persons. A total of 23 plants belonging to 19 families were documented for their therapeutic use. Further analysis on the families of medicinal plants has shown that family Malvaceae are represented by the highest number of species followed by the Moraceae. Also, it was determined that reproductive and sexual disorders for which the folk medicinal plants parts are used as follows-leaves (27%), followed by roots (23%), barks (19%) and seed (15%) etc. This survey illuminates that the tribal people still actively use plants for the treatment of reproductive disorder. Therefore the documentation of plants used as traditional medicines in tribal community is needed so that this veritable treasure of knowledge can be preserved, shared and exploited sustainably.

@article{shraddha2026,
  author  = {Shraddha Pudasaini1, Suraj Sharma1* and Ram Kumar Bhandari2},
  title   = {{Human–Wildlife Conflict: People's Perception, Economic Damage and its Management in Banepa-2 of Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal}},
  journal = {Journal of Bioresearch},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {1},
  number  = {2},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DAEQU},
}