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Medicinal plants are directly threatened by deforestation, as [1] identifies large-scale deforestation as one of the principal threats to medicinal and edible plant species in the study area.
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Ethnobotanical study of food plants used in traditional medicine in ... link.springer.com 1 fact
claimThe principal threats to medicinal and edible plant species in the study area include the expansion of itinerant slash-and-burn agriculture, large-scale deforestation, unsustainable fuelwood and charcoal production, timber extraction, and the use of natural resources for housing and construction materials.