An edition of Human health and forests
(2008)
Human health and forests
a global overview of issues, practice, and policy
by Carol J. Pierce Colfer
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Subjects
Forests and forestry, Disease, Trees, Etiology, Biological Products, Conservation of Natural Resources, Health aspects, Environmental health, Developing Countries, Environmental Health, Forest policy, Biological products, Conservation of natural resources, Developing countries, environmental conditions, Arbres, Conservation des ressources naturelles, MEDICAL, Health Risk Assessment, Epidemiology
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Table of Contents
Introduction / Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Human health and forests: an overview / Colin Butler
Health, habitats, and medicinal plant use / Anthony B. Cunningham, Patricia Shanley, and Sarah Laird
The nutritional role of forest plant foods for rural communities / Barbara Vinceti, Pablo Eyzaguirre, and Tim Johns
Wood, the fuel that warms you thrice / Kirk Smith
Forest women, health, and childbearing / Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Richard G. Dudley, and Robert Gardner
The gender agenda and tropical forest diseases / Pascale Allotey, Margaret Gyapong, and Carol J. Pierce Colfer
Bat-borne viral diseases / Jean Paul Gonzalez ... [et al.]
Deforestation and malaria: revisiting the human ecology perspective / Subhrendu K. Pattanayak and Junko Yasuoka
The subversive links between HIV/AIDS and the forest sector / Pascal Lopez
Forest disturbance and health risks to the Yanomami / Gale Goodwin Gómez
Biodiversity, environment, and health among rainforest dwellers: an evolutionary perspective / Alain Froment
Sociocultural dimensions of diet and health in forest dwellers' systems / Edmond Dounias, with Carol J. Pierce Colfer
National public health initiatives that integrate traditional medicine / Cynthia Fowler
Approaching conservation through health / Robbie Ali
Hidden suffering on the island of Siberut, West Sumatra / Gerard A. Persoon
Conclusions and ways forward / Carol J. Pierce Colfer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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