Overview
- First book of its kind adding a new dimension to the conservation and utilization of medicinal animals
- Provides a compilation of current articles discussing key issues on the use of animal products, their trade and conservation
- Highlights the importance of inter- and cross-disciplinary approaches to increase our comprehension of the interfaces between traditional medicines and the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem processes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
People have relied on medicinal products derived from natural sources for millennia, and animals have long been an important part of that repertoire; nearly all cultures, from ancient times to the present, have used animals as a source of medicine. Ingredients derived from wild animals are not only widely used in traditional remedies, but are also increasingly valued as raw materials in the preparation of modern medicines. Regrettably, the unsustainable use of plants and animals in traditional medicine is recognized as a threat to wildlife conservation, as a result of which discussions concerning the links between traditional medicine and biodiversity are becoming increasingly imperative, particularly in view of the fact that folk medicine is the primary source of health care for 80% of the world’s population. This book discusses the role of animals in traditional folk medicine and its meaning for wildlife conservation. We hope to further stimulate further discussions about the use of biodiversity and its implications for wildlife conservation strategies.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine
Book Subtitle: Implications for Conservation
Editors: Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ierecê Lucena Rosa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29026-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-29025-1Published: 19 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44542-2Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-29026-8Published: 19 September 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 492
Topics: Zoology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Ecology