Threatened Medicinal Plants in the Indian Himalayan Region: Sustainability Challenges and Conservation Strategies
暫譯: 印度喜馬拉雅地區受威脅的藥用植物：可持續性挑戰與保育策略

Arun Pratap Mishra: Mr. Mishra has obtained a postgraduate degree in environmental science from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal (Central) University, Uttarakhand, India. He has demonstrated exceptional proficiency in various disciplines including vegetation characterization, image processing, Google Earth Engine, small-scale mapping, landscape ecology, species distribution modeling, plant community ecology, hydrological modeling, and water quality. Mishra has contributed to the scientific community by publishing 15 research articles, 7 book chapters, 3 conference papers, and 1 technical report. He has worked as a project fellow at Uttarakhand Space Application Center (USAC), Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and RBased Services Private Limited, Delhi, after completing his postgraduate diploma in (RS&GIS). Mishra is currently employed as a project associate at the Wildlife Institute of India.

Amit Kumar is currently a faculty at the Wildlife Institute of India and a visiting faculty at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun. He has also served as a faculty of Forestry at the Forest Research Institute University, Dehradun. He studied floristic diversity and plant functional types across various landforms in the cold-arid region of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve for doctoral thesis. His research interests include phytotaxonomy, medicinal plant diversity, and plant invasion ecology.

Naveen Chandra: Dr. Naveen Chandra is a researcher at Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, Dehradun. He did his postgraduation in 2016 and obtained Ph.D. degree from Kumaun University, Nainital, in 2022. He joined USAC on March 2017 and since then working on different aspect of Himalayan biodiversity. His research interest includes plant taxonomy and ecology, vegetation ecology, invasion ecology, high altitude physiology, medicinal plants, ecological modeling, application of remote sensing (RS), and geographic information system (GIS) in biodiversity and forestry research. Till now, he has 20 research papers, 2 book chapters, and 2 scientific reports to his credit. His research has involved conducting surveys of high-altitude areas in the western Himalayas to monitor vegetation pattern and perform long-term ecological monitoring.

Gajendra Singh: Dr. Singh currently works at the Uttarakhand Space Application Center (USAC) as a scientist. Earlier to joining USAC in November 2014, he worked as a research scholar at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Almora, for more than 10 years. His research interests include plant taxonomy, forest ecology, spatial phytoresource monitoring, and natural resource management. He has published over 60 research papers and book chapters in national and international journals till date.

Chaitanya Baliram Pande: Dr. Pande (IITM, Pune) received his Ph.D. from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati. He has more than a decade of university, research, and industrial experience. Dr. Pande is a reviewer of Earth Science Research Journal, American Journal of Geophysics, Geochemistry and Geosystems, Sustainable Water Resources Management (Springer journal), Modelling Earth Systems and Environment (Springer journal), Applied Geomatics, (Springer journal), Journal of Agriculture Sciences (Bioinfo Publication), Applied Water Science (Springer), Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A (Springer), Groundwater Sustainable Development (Elsevier journal), and Environmental Sustainable Development (Springer journal). He has published 40 research papers in international journals with Springer, Taylor and Francis, and Elsevier with more than 1800 citations. He has published five books with Springer Nature. He has presented more than 20 research papers in national and international conferences.

阿倫·普拉塔普·米什拉（Arun Pratap Mishra）：米什拉先生在印度烏塔拉坎德的亨瓦提·南丹·巴胡古納中央大學（Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal (Central) University）獲得環境科學的研究生學位。他在多個領域展現出卓越的專業能力，包括植被特徵描述、影像處理、Google Earth Engine、小規模製圖、景觀生態學、物種分佈建模、植物群落生態學、水文建模和水質分析。米什拉通過發表15篇研究文章、7章書籍、3篇會議論文和1份技術報告為科學界做出了貢獻。在完成遙感與地理資訊系統（RS&GIS）的研究生文憑後，他曾在烏塔拉坎德空間應用中心（USAC）、印度植物調查局（BSI）德拉敦和RBased Services Private Limited（德里）工作。米什拉目前在印度野生動物研究所擔任項目助理。

阿米特·庫馬爾（Amit Kumar）目前是印度野生動物研究所的教職員，並且是德拉敦的英迪拉·甘地國家森林學院的訪問教職員。他曾在德拉敦的森林研究所大學擔任林業教職員。他的博士論文研究了南達德維生物圈保護區冷乾地區各種地形的植物多樣性和植物功能類型。他的研究興趣包括植物分類學、藥用植物多樣性和植物入侵生態學。

納維恩·昌德拉（Naveen Chandra）：昌德拉博士是德拉敦的烏塔拉坎德空間應用中心的研究員。他於2016年完成研究生學業，並於2022年在庫瑪雲大學獲得博士學位。他於2017年3月加入USAC，並自此以來專注於喜馬拉雅生物多樣性的不同方面。他的研究興趣包括植物分類學和生態學、植被生態學、入侵生態學、高海拔生理學、藥用植物、生態建模、遙感（RS）和地理資訊系統（GIS）在生物多樣性和林業研究中的應用。到目前為止，他已發表20篇研究論文、2章書籍和2份科學報告。他的研究涉及對西喜馬拉雅高海拔地區的調查，以監測植被模式並進行長期生態監測。

加詹德拉·辛格（Gajendra Singh）：辛格博士目前在烏塔拉坎德空間應用中心（USAC）擔任科學家。在2014年11月加入USAC之前，他在印度野生動物研究所（WII）和GB潘特國立喜馬拉雅環境與可持續發展研究所（阿爾莫拉）擔任研究學者超過10年。他的研究興趣包括植物分類學、森林生態學、空間植物資源監測和自然資源管理。到目前為止，他已在國內外期刊上發表超過60篇研究論文和書籍章節。

查伊坦亞·巴利拉姆·潘德（Chaitanya Baliram Pande）：潘德博士（IITM，浦那）在聖加吉·巴巴·阿姆拉瓦提大學獲得博士學位。他擁有超過十年的大學、研究和工業經驗。潘德博士是《地球科學研究期刊》、《美國地球物理學期刊》、《地球化學與地球系統》、《可持續水資源管理》（Springer期刊）、《地球系統與環境建模》（Springer期刊）、《應用地理資訊學》（Springer期刊）、《農業科學期刊》（Bioinfo出版）、《應用水科學》（Springer）、《工程師學會期刊（印度）：A系列》（Springer）、《地下水可持續發展》（Elsevier期刊）和《環境可持續發展》（Springer期刊）的審稿人。他在國際期刊上發表了40篇研究論文，引用次數超過1800次，與Springer、Taylor and Francis和Elsevier合作出版。他與Springer Nature出版了五本書籍，並在國內外會議上發表了超過20篇研究論文。