02994nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10237019 CaPaEBR 20260707181217.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 070821s2008 enka sb 001 0 eng 2007034789 9781844075324 (hardback) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646755896 RA566 .H86 2008eb 614.4/2252 22 120966 94932 Human health and forests [electronic resource] : a global overview of issues, practice, and policy / edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008. xxii, 374 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. People and plants international conservation series Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Environmental health. 28931 Forests and forestry Health aspects. 166149 Forest policy Health aspects. 166150 Electronic books. local 190 Colfer, Carol J. Pierce. 166151 ebrary, Inc. 191 People and Plants International conservation series. 166152 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10237019 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 120966 94932