a global overview of issues, practice, and policy Colfer, Carol J. Pierce text bibliography enk London Sterling, VA Earthscan 2008 monographic eng

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xxii, 374 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 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 specialized edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer Includes bibliographical references and index Environmental health Forests and forestry Health aspects Forest policy Health aspects Environmental Health Trees Biological Products Conservation of Natural Resources Developing Countries Disease etiology 9781844075324 (hardback) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034789.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0725/2007034789.html UMP 090707 20251117150457.0 vtls000039759