Ferula L. (Heng, Pashto and Dari) Takhar province in northern Afghanistan faces the complete disappearance of Ferula L. Because of its profitability (equivalent to the poppy), the inhabitants started to import the seeds of this plant from the neighbouring country,...
Since decades, the illegal forest exploitation has been going on in east and south-east of Afghanistan and has been accepted as an open secret, but during the war following the Russians invasion the exploitation intensified. In other parts of Afghanistan, local...
Dr. Mohammad Alam from the Botanical Museum of Lausanne in Switzerland has generously donated a book and numbers of his reprints, pamphlets, and technical reports. Trees and Shrubs of Afghanistan: A Dendrological Guide (530 pgs.) is in English, beautifully printed and...
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