Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Introduction Part I: Synthetic Analyses 2. Human Health and Forests: An Overview 3. Health, Habitats and Medicinal Plant Use 4. The Nutritional Role of Forest Plant Foods for Rural Communities 5. Wood: The Fuel that Warms You Thrice 6. Forest Women, Health and Childbearing 7. The Gender Agenda and Tropical Forest Diseases 8. Bat-Borne Viral Diseases 9. Deforestation and Malaria: Revisiting the Human Ecology Perspective Part II: Thematic and Regional Health Slices 10. The Subversive Links between HIV/AIDS and the Forest Sector 11. Forest Disturbance and Health Risks to the Yanomami 12. Biodiversity, Environment and Health among Rainforest-Dwellers: An Evolutionary Perspective 13. Sociocultural Dimensions of Diet and Health in Forest-Dwellers' Systems Part III: Health-care Delivery in Forests 14. National Public Health Initiatives that Integrate Traditional Medicine 15. Approaching Conservation through Health 16. Hidden Suffering on the Island of Siberut, West Sumatra 17. Conclusions and Ways Forward Afterword

About the Author

Carol J. Pierce Colfer is Principal Scientist in the Governance Program at CIFOR, in Bogor, Indonesia, where her work aims to improve the lives of people living in and near forests. She is co-editor of The Politics of Decentralization (2005).

Reviews

'This book, written for a broad audience, is the first comprehensive introduction to the issues surrounding the health of people living in and around forests, particularly in Asia, South America and Africa... a vital addition to the knowledge base of all professionals, academics and students working on forests, natural resources management, health and development world-wide' Bois & Forets des Tropiques