Title: Human health and forests : a global overview of issues, practice, and policy /
Authors: Colfer, Carol J. Pierce.
Publisher: Earthscan,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Disease etiology; Developing Countries; Conservation of Natural Resources; Biological Products; Trees; Environmental Health; Environmental health.; Forests and forestry Health aspects.; Forest policy Health aspects.
Abstract: "This book, written for a broad audience, is the first comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the health of people living in and around forests, particularly in Asia, South America, and Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
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 Timothy Johns -- Wood, the fuel that warms you thrice / Kirk R. 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.