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Table 7 Threats to medicinal plants

From: Ethnopharmacologic survey of medicinal plants used to treat human diseases by traditional medical practitioners in Dega Damot district, Amhara, Northwestern Ethiopia

Threats to medicinal plants

% of TMPs

Drought

55.6

Overgrazing

22.2

Firewood collection

15.6

Agricultural expansion

4.4

Soil erosion

2.2