The Impacts of Forest Degradation on Medicinal Plant Use and Implications for Health Care in Eastern Amazonia

Over the last three decades, forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon has diminished the availability of some widely used medicinal plant species. Results of a 9-year market study suggest that forests represent an important habitat for medicinal plants used in eastern Amazonia: Nine of the twelve...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Bioscience 2003-06, Vol.53 (6), p.573-584
Hauptverfasser:	SHANLEY, PATRICIA, LUZ, LEDA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amazonia Bark Conservation (Concept) Crop harvesting Deforestation Forest conservation Forest degradation Forest products Habitats Health care Herbs Indigenous species Land Use Logging Medicinal plants nontimber forest products Old growth forests OVERVIEW ARTICLES Plant species Plants Preferences Primary Health Care Secondary forests Species Trees Urban Areas Urban poverty
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