Talking to the journalists at the ministry, Minister for Science and Technology Kalpana Dhamala said the government has started the preservation campaign as the rare species of plants are on the verge of extinction.[break]
Minister Dhamala said the Department of Botany under Nepal Academy of Science and Technology would be entrusted with the responsibility to begin the process of establishing such a bank.
More than 100 plants including algae and mushrooms are on the verge of extinction especially in the Himalayan region, and this had led to the formation of the bank to carry out conservation efforts in this regard, said minister Dhamala.
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