报告题目：Woods and Wood Products Used by Tharu Ethnic Community of Dang District, Western Nepal

报告时间：2016年3月22日
报告地点：尼泊尔加德满都 尼泊尔学院
报告嘉宾：Prabin Bhandari，尼泊尔中央植物部

摘要：
Importance of indigenous people’s knowledge and culture is gaining popularity these days, and much experimentation are being continued to carry this valuable property for the future. Tharu community representing one of 126 ethnic communities of Nepal, is indigenous to the southern flat land of central and western Nepal. The present study was carried in Tulsipur municipalities of Dang District, Western Nepal, focusing in identifying the specific features, traditional use and cultural significance of woody plants used by Tharu community. A list of woody tree species was prepared by emperical ethnobotanic survey. The study reveals a total of 80 plant species used by Tharu community for multiplicity of purpose. Among them, 28 were the woody tree species (24 genera and 15 families) utilized for multiple purposes. Twelve tree species were used as timber, fuelwood (10), food (9), medicine & utensil/fibre (5 each), religious (4) and fodder (3). Twenty one tree species have single use value, whereas six species have double use value and a single species (Shorea robusta) with triple use value.  Shorea robusta (‘Sakhuwa’), Dalbergia sisso (‘Siswa’), Acacia catechu (‘Khair’) and Dalbergia ougeinensis (‘Sadan’) were the highly used plant species for rituals/cultural purpose. The woody plant products have been traditionally used in fishing (Dhadiya) and hunting purpose, as agricultural tools (Halo, Khurpa) and musical instruments (Mandra, Bansiya, Jyal). Tharu peoples of Dang district strongly depend on the local plant resources, thus their ethnic knowledge should be integrated with the scientific procedure, addressing the potential loss of traditional practices of local resources in their daily livelihood and culture.

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