Question

mention the reason for trouble of himalyan yew

Answer 1

The Himalayan Yew is a species of the Yew trees that grows in the temperate regions of the world. The name is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus. It is important because:

the bark of the tree provides Taxol, an effective medicine to fight cancer.The needles and the bark is also used as a sedative and a remedy for respiratory illness in the Unani medicine.often butter tea is produced from the bark of the tree.people of the Himalayan belt believe that gods and goddesses have their abode in this tree.

. The species is under great threat due to over-exploitation. In the last one decade, thousands of yew trees have dried up in various parts of Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh.

Answer 2

Himalayas, Nepali Himalaya, great mountain system of Asia forming a barrier between the Plateau of Tibetto the north and the alluvial plains of the Indian subcontinent to the south. The Himalayas include the highest mountains in the world, with more than 110 peaks rising to elevations of 24,000 feet (7,300 metres) or more above sea level. One of those peaks is Mount Everest (Tibetan: Chomolungma; Chinese: Qomolangma Feng; Nepali: Sagarmatha), the world’s highest, with an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 metres; see Researcher’s Note: Height of Mount Everest. The mountains’ high peaks rise into the zone of perpetual snow