Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health by Balick, Michael

Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231101714)

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Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health by Balick, Michael

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

$65.00
Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health by Balick, Michael

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

$65.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Michael Balick
ISBN-10: 0231101716
ISBN-13: 9780231101714
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/1996
Pages: 440
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 10.02h x 7.00w x 1.03d
By Michael Balick
By Michael Balick
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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 Laborat?rio 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.

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