Vol. 5, Issue 8, Part G (2019)

Abstract
The global demand for medicinal plants is expected to expand continuously, fuelled by the growth of sales of herbal supplements and remedies. The main goal in this paper is to status and conservation of medicinal plants of Bihar. The study shows that herbal medicine have great prospect in health care worldwide. In present medicinal plants facing threats due to depletion of natural resources as an impact of growing population size, urbanization and climate change. The major challenges on traditional medicine and medicinal plant is lack of data on seriously threatened and endangered medicinal plant species. The other challenges include inadequate and conflicting guidelines on management and utilization of medicinal plant or natural resources. So effort for conservation of medicinal plants has been suggested. The ex-situ and in-situ conservation of medicinal plants in Bihar is a great step towards the conservation of medicinal plants as well as other species