Title
Medicinal Plants
Description
CIFOR's research on medicinal plants includes an ongoing study of non-timber forest products and a completed study on local ecology and livelihoods benefits of biodiversity in Brazil. The research documented the importance of forest species in public health care and the impact of deforestation, particularly logging, on sources of powerful and widely used medicinal plants. A documentary film, Daughters of the Canopy, illustrates the role of forests in the health care and nutrition of rural and urban woman, and how the women's movement in Brazil is helping woman to secure access to forest resources for their families' futures.
CGIAR center
CIFOR
Category
Research Program
Keywords
medicinal plant
nutrition
malnutrition
Countries
Brazil
Contact
Carol Colfer
E-mail
c.colfer@cgiar.org
Title
Forests and Human Health Initiative
Description
This CIFOR initiative involves investigation of the role of forest ecosystems in human health. This includes exploring the relationships between environmental change, biodiversity degradation and human diseases, as well as working with human communities to improve their human and environmental health conditions. Participants include scientists from CIFOR's three programmes as well as invited participants representing the fields of ethnobotany, public health, medical anthropology, ecology, and economics.
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CGIAR center
CIFOR
Category
Initiatives and Networks
Keywords
biodiversity
HIV/AIDS
diet
medicinal plant
Contact
Carol Colfer
E-mail
c.colfer@cgiar.org