Human Health and Forests : A Global Overview of Issues, Practice and Policy (Hardcover)

Foreword 

1. Introduction 

Carol J. Pierce Colfer 

Part I: Synthetic Analyses 

2. Human Health and Forests: An Overview 

Colin D. Butler 

3. Health, Habitats and Medicinal Plant Use 

Anthony B. Cunningham, Patricia Stanley and Sarah Laird 

4. The Nutritional Role of Forest Plant Foods for Rural Communities 

Barbara Vinceti, Pablo Eyzaguirre and Timothy Johns 

5. Wood: The Fuel that Warms You Thrice 

Kirk R. Smith 

6. Forest Women, Health and Childbearing 

Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Richard G. Dudley and Robert Gardner 

7. The Gender Agenda and Tropical Forest Diseases 

Pascale Allotey, Margaret Gyapong and Carol J. Pierce Colfer 

8. Bat-Borne Viral Diseases 

Jean Paul Gonzalez, Meriadeg Ar Gouilh, Jean-Marc Reynes and Eric Leroy 

9. Deforestation and Malaria: Revisiting the Human Ecology Perspective 

Subhrendu K. Pattanayak and Junko Yasuoka 

Part II: Thematic and Regional Health Slices 

10. The Subversive Links between HIV/AIDS and the Forest Sector 

Pascal Lopez 

11. Forest Disturbance and Health Risks to the Yanomami 

Gale Goodwin Gomez 

12. Biodiversity, Environment and Health among Rainforest-Dwellers: An Evolutionary Perspective 

Alain Froment 

13. Sociocultural Dimensions of Diet and Health in Forest-Dwellers' Systems 

Edmond Dounias with Carol J. Pierce Colfer 

Part III: Health-care Delivery in Forests 

14. National Public Health Initiatives that Integrate Traditional Medicine 

Cynthia Fowler 

15. Approaching Conservation through Health 

Robbie Ali 

16. Hidden Suffering on the Island of Siberut, West Sumatra 

Gerard A. Persoon 

17. Conclusions and Ways Forward 

Carol J. Pierce Colfer

Afterword