Author:
Thantsin K,San K A A,Aye Y Y
Abstract
Abstract
Non-timber forest products were studied by interviewing the informants during the survey trip to the Tanintharyi Nature Reserve located in Dawei Township and Yephyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar. The land area of the reserve forest is 1700 km2. Bioprospecting of non-timber forest products focusing on rural area development and systematic utilization of natural resources for sustainable development are popular nowadays. The extraction of economically important natural resources, leaving the forest structurally and functionally intact, has derived as an advanced strategy. The present study is the information of non-timber forest resources of Tanintharyi Nature Reserve located in the southern part of Myanmar, conducted from December 2017 to August 2018 by interviewing the informants of botanical folk knowledge. Totally 55 families, 113 genera, and 143 species were recorded as herbal medicines used locally by Dawei and Myeik (ancient Bamar) ethnic groups. This result will be helpful for the systematic search of biochemical and genetic information to develop commercially valuable products for pharmaceutical and cosmetics.
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