The medicinal and aromatic plants resources of Uttarakhand, India offer significant opportunities of employment and livelihood for rural communities and contribute a large share in the medicinal and aromatic plants trade of India. With the growing trade of medicinal and aromatic plants resources in the global market, the medicinal and aromatic plants business of Uttarakhand is also continuously growing in terms of trade volume, value and market reach. But, considering the ecological importance as well as unregulated exploitations of these resources, the growing business activities in this sector appear incompatible to the sustainability agenda. Through a mini review, this study assesses the medicinal and aromatic plants sector of Uttarakhand and identifies key challenges that seem incompatible for resource and business sustainability and offers some prospective research directions essential for identifying pragmatic solutions to support sustainability in the sector. This review identifies nine key challenges to sustainability in Uttarakhandʼs medicinal and aromatic plants sector. It is therefore pertinent that future research focus on the prevailing challenges of the medicinal and aromatic plants sector of Uttarakhand to develop strategies for sustainable business prospects.

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北阿坎德邦的药用和芳香植物业务：对未来研究的挑战和方向的简要回顾

印度北阿坎德邦的药用和芳香植物资源为农村社区提供了重要的就业和生计机会，并在印度的药用和芳香植物贸易中占有很大份额。随着全球市场上药用和芳香植物资源贸易的增长，Uttarakhand的药用和芳香植物业务在贸易量，价值和市场范围方面也不断增长。但是，考虑到这些资源的生态重要性以及对这些资源的无限制开采，该部门日益增长的商业活动似乎与可持续发展议程不符。通过迷你评论，这项研究评估了北阿坎德邦的药用和芳香植物部门，并确定了与资源和业务可持续性不相容的主要挑战，并提供了一些前瞻性研究方向，这些方向对于确定支持该部门可持续性的务实解决方案至关重要。此次审查确定了北阿坎德邦的药用和芳香植物部门在可持续性方面面临的九大挑战。因此，未来的研究重点是北阿坎德邦的药用和芳香植物部门面临的挑战，以制定可持续业务前景的战略。