Human health and forests : a global overview of issues, practice, and policy

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edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer

（People and plants international conservation series）

Earthscan, 2008

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