Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health

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Michael Balick Elaine Elisabetsky

Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest

Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health

Michael Balick, Elaine Elisabetsky, Sarah Laird

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Columbia University Press
22 February 1996

Pharmacology; Complementary medicine; Botany & plant sciences; Forests, rainforests; Management of land & natural resources; Deforestation

Series: Biology and Resource Management Series

"According to World Health Organization estimates, 80 percent of people living in developing countries rely on wild harvested plants for some aspect of their primary health care. This text aims to open readers' eyes to the enormous resources of the Earth's rainforests and the potential impact of their destruction in terms of human health, as well as the modern-day usefulness of traditional herbal remedies. With the help of funding provided by the National Cancer Institute, Michael Balick and his staff maintain two research institutes, in Costa Rica and Belize. Scientists, often with the aid of local shamans, locate and collect plants with suspected medicinal value, then send them to these institutes for preservation and study - a process that usually takes about 20 months. If, after this first evaluation, a plant appears to have sufficient potential medicinal value, others return to gather further specimens from the original site. Tragically, in many cakes, upon returning to the site, researchers find that it and the forest around it have totally disappeared. In this book, Balick, Elisabetsky, and Laird assemble research presented at various symposiums hosted by their institutes. While this book should be useful for professionals who work in the fields of biology, health, and tropical studies, people with a more general interest in the tropics should find this information key to understanding related issues so often raised in the popular media and in major motion pictures such as ""Medicine Man""."

Edited by: Michael Balick, Elaine Elisabetsky, Sarah Laird
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 808g
ISBN: 9780231101714
ISBN 10: 0231101716
Series: Biology and Resource Management Series
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 22 February 1996
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael J. Balick is director and philecology curator at the New York Botanical Garden Institute of Economic Botany, and adjunct professor in forestry at Yale University and the City University of New York. Elaine Elisabetsky is professor at the Laboratorio de Ethnofarmacologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Saraah A. Laird is research fellow at the Rainforest Alliance, and former director of the Rainforest Alliance's Periwinkle Project.

Reviews for Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health

"""Provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of essential facts and data with which to enhance research reports and lectures.... It provides an excellent introduction for those with an interest in the topic."" -- Times Higher Education Supplement ""Provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of essential facts and data with which to enhance research reports and lectures.... It provides an excellent introduction for those with an interest in the topic."" -- ""Times Higher Education Supplement"" ""Provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of essential facts and data with which to enhance research reports and lectures.... It provides an excellent introduction for those with an interest in the topic."" -- ""Times Higher Education Supplement"""