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Biodiversity and Human Health (Paperback, 2nd None Ed.)
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Biodiversity and Human Health (Paperback, 2nd None Ed.)
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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,
JohnGrupenhoff, 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.
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