TY - BOOK AU - Colfer,Carol J.Pierce TI - Human health and forests: a global overview of issues, practice, and policy T2 - People and plants international conservation series SN - 9781844075324 (hardback) AV - RA566 .H86 2008 U1 - 614.42252 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London, Sterling, VA PB - Earthscan KW - Forests and forestry KW - Health aspects KW - Forest policy KW - Biological products KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Diseases KW - Environmental health N1 - 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 Gâomez -- 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 ER -