Problem Relating to Biodiversity

Abstract

Many cottage industries in the rural areas wholly depend on forest produce. Some of these like rope (baan) making, basket making, cane chairs (moondha) making and dona (country cups, plates and bowls made of leaves) obtain the raw material from the wild. Saccharum ravennae (L.) L. leaves are used in baan making while Saccharum spontaneum L. culms are used to make moondhas. Branches and canes of a good number of plant species are used in basket making. Plants used for this purpose include Bauhinia racemosa Lamk., Butea monosperma (Lamk.) Taub. Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Careya arborea Roxb, Crotalaria juncea L., Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees, Eulaliopsis binata (Retz.) Hubb., Hardwickia binata Roxb. Hibiscus sabdariffa L., Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr, Marsdenia tenacissima (Roxb.) Moon, Bauhinia integrifolia Roxb. Sida rhombifolia L. Calamus tenuis Roxb., Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand., Cannabis sativa L., Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf., Flemingia strobilifera R. Br., Helicteres isora L.,etc.