This work on the 'Survey and Mapping of Commercially Important Medicinal Plants in the State of Uttarakhand' was initiated in the month of February 2008. It was a collaborative work between Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Uttarakhand Forest Department (UKFD), funded by the Government of Uttarakhand. The Major objectives of the work was as follows: (i) To quantify the availability of commercially important medicinal plants in various Forest Ranges of Uttarakhand; (ii) To generate a spatial database on the distribution and abundance of medicinal plants for future monitoring and conservation planning; (iii) To evolve strategies for sustainable harvest of medicinal and aromatic plants.