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Biodiversity and Human Health by Bhaswati Bhattacharya (1997, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Island Press
ISBN-10
1559635010
ISBN-13
9781559635011
eBay Product ID (ePID)
213679
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Biodiversity and Human Health
Publication Year
1997
Subject
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, General, Pharmacology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Health & Fitness, Science, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
96-031800
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
610
Table Of Content
Foreword \ Thomas E. LovejoyPreface \ Philip E. SchambraAcknowledgmentsIntroduction \ Francesca Grifo and Joshua Rosenthal PART I. Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity Loss for Human HealthChapter 1. Global Environmental Degradation and Biodiversity Loss: Implications for Human Health \ Eric ChivianChapter 2. Earthly Dominion: Population Growth, Biodiversity, and Health \ Robert EnglemanChapter 3. Biodiversity and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Integrating Health and Ecosystem Monitoring \ Paul R. Epstein, Andrew Dobson, and John VandermeerChapter 4. Fatal Synergisms: Interactions between Infectious Diseases, Human Population Growth, and Loss of Biodiversity \ Andrew Dobson, Mary S. Campbell, and Jensa BellChapter 5. Biodiversity Loss In and Around Agroecosystems \ John Vandermeer PART II. Drug Discovery from Biological DiversityChapter 6. The Origins of Prescription Drugs Contents \ Francesca Grifo, David Newman, Alexandra S. Fairfield, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, and John T. GrupenhoffChapter 7. Natural Products for the Treatment of Infectious Diseases \ Catherine A. Laughlin and Alexandra S. FairfieldChapter 8. Capturing the Chemical Value of Biodiversity: Economic Perspectives and Policy Prescriptions \ Anthony Artuso PART Ill. Biodiversity and Traditional Health SystemsChapter 9. Indigenous Peoples and Conservation \ Paul Alan CoxChapter 10. Medicinal Plants for Healing the Planet: Biodiversity and Environmental Health Care \ Robert S. McCalebChapter 11. Returning Benefits from Ethnobotanical Drug Discovery to Native Communities \ Katy Moran PART IV. An Agenda for the Future: Conserving Biodiversity and Human HealthChapter 12. A Paradigm for the Equitable Sharing of Benefits Resulting from Biodiversity Research and Development \ Thomas D. Mays, Kate Duffy-Mazan, Gordon Cragg, and Michael BoydChapter 13. Integrating Drug Discovery, Biodiversity Conservation, and Economic Development: Early Lessons from theInternational Cooperative Biodiversity Groups \ Joshua RosenthalChapter 14. Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity Loss: Liquidation of Natural Capital and BiodiversityResource Development in Costa Rica \ Daniel H. JanzenChapter 15. Sustainable Use of Biodiversity: Myths, Realities, and Potential \ Charles M. PetersChapter 16. Opportunities for Collaboration between the Biomedical and Conservation Communities \ Walter V. Reid Afterword: A Proposal for a National Council on Biodiversity and Human Health \ Byron J. Bailey and John T. GrupenhoffContributorsIndex
Synopsis
The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and biotechnology, and threatens food production and water quality.Biodiversity and Human Health brings together leading thinkers on the global environment and biomedicine to explore the human health consequences of the loss of biological diversity. Based on a two-day conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution, the book opens a dialogue among experts from the fields of public health, biology, epidemiology, botany, ecology, demography, and pharmacology on this vital but often neglected concern.Contributors discuss the uses and significance of biodiversity to the practice of medicine today, and develop strategies for conservation of these critical resources. Topics examined include: the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss emerging infectious diseases and the loss of biodiversity the significance and use of both prescription and herbal biodiversity-derived remedies indigenous and local peoples and their health care systems sustainable use of biodiversity for medicine an agenda for the future In addition to the editors, contributors include Anthony Artuso, Byron Bailey, Jensa Bell, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Michael Boyd, Mary S. Campbell, Eric Chivian, Paul Cox, Gordon Cragg, Andrew Dobson, Kate Duffy-Mazan, Robert Engelman, Paul Epstein, Alexandra S. Fairfield, John Grupenhoff, Daniel Janzen, Catherine A. Laughin, Katy Moran, Robert McCaleb, Thomas Mays, David Newman, Charles Peters, Walter Reid, and John Vandermeer.The book provides a common framework for physicians and biomedical researchers who wish to learn more about environmental concerns, and for members of the environmental community who desire a greater understanding of biomedical issues., The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and ......, The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and biotechnology, and threatens food production and water quality. Biodiversity and Human Health brings together leading thinkers on the global environment and biomedicine to explore the human health consequences of the loss of biological diversity. Based on a two-day conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution, the book opens a dialogue among experts from the fields of public health, biology, epidemiology, botany, ecology, demography, and pharmacology on this vital but often neglected concern. Contributors discuss the uses and significance of biodiversity to the practice of medicine today, and develop strategies for conservation of these critical resources. Topics examined include: the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss emerging infectious diseases and the loss of biodiversity the significance and use of both prescription and herbal biodiversity-derived remedies indigenous and local peoples and their health care systems sustainable use of biodiversity for medicine an agenda for the future In addition to the editors, contributors include Anthony Artuso, Byron Bailey, Jensa Bell, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Michael Boyd, Mary S. Campbell, Eric Chivian, Paul Cox, Gordon Cragg, Andrew Dobson, Kate Duffy-Mazan, Robert Engelman, Paul Epstein, Alexandra S. Fairfield, John Grupenhoff, Daniel Janzen, Catherine A. Laughin, Katy Moran, Robert McCaleb, Thomas Mays, David Newman, Charles Peters, Walter Reid, and John Vandermeer. The book provides a common framework for physicians and biomedical researchers who wish to learn more about environmental concerns, and for members of the environmental community who desire a greater understanding of biomedical issues., Experts on the global environment and biomedicine explore the human health consequences of the loss of biological diversity and its deleterious effects on the spread of human diseases, supplies of raw materials for drug discovery, and food and water quality. Contains sections on causes and consequen
LC Classification Number
RA565.A2B56 1996
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