Title Animals in traditional folk medicine : implications for conservation / edited by Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ierecê Lucena Rosa

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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations Contents Introduction: Toward a Plural Approach to the Study of Medicinal Animals / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves and Ierecê Lucena Rosa -- From Past to Present: Medicinal Animals in a Historical Perspective / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque and Ierecê Lucena Rosa -- Medicine from the Wild: An Overview of the Use and Trade of Animal Products in Traditional Medicines / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ierecê Lucena Rosa, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque and Anthony B. Cunningham -- Medicinal Animals in Ethnoveterinary Practices: A World Overview / Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto, Lorena Cristina Pinto, Lívia Emanuelle Tavares Mendonça, José Silva Mourão and Washington Luiz Silva Vieira, et al. -- Animals as a Source of Drugs: Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves and Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque Fish Folk Medicine of Caiçara (Atlantic Coastal Forest) and Caboclo (Amazon Forest) Communities / Alpina Begossi and Milena Ramires -- Herpetofauna Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: Conservation Implications / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Washington Luiz Silva Vieira, Gindomar Gomes Santana, Kleber Silva Vieira and Paulo Fernando Guedes Pereira Montenegro -- Primates in Traditional Folk Medicine: World Overview / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto, Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza and Dandara Monalisa Mariz Bezerra -- A Global Overview of Carnivores Used in Traditiownal Medicines / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Lorena Cristina Lana Pinto, Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza, Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto and Ronnie Enderson Mariano Carvalho Cunha Oliveira, et al. -- Seahorses in Traditional Medicines: A Global Overview / Ierecê Lucena Rosa, Gabriela Rocha Defavari, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves and Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro Oliveira Aquatic Mammals Used in Traditional Folk Medicine: A Global Analysis / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto, Ronnie Enderson Mariano Carvalho Cunha Oliveira, Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza and Ierecê Lucena Rosa -- Marine Invertebrates in Traditional Medicines / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro Oliveira, Ierecê Lucena Rosa and Anthony B. Cunningham -- The Role of Animal-Derived Remedies as Complementary Medicine in Brazil / Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Gindomar Gomes Santana and Ierecê Lucena Rosa -- Mediterranean Zootherapy: A Historical to Modern Perspective / Cassandra L. Quave and Andrea Pieroni -- A Review of Fauna Used in Zootherapeutic Remedies in Portugal: Historical Origins, Current Uses, and Implications for Conservation / Luis Miguel Pires Ceríaco Zootherapy and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria / Durojaye A. Soewu -- Wild Mammals Trade for Zootherapeutic and Mythic Purposes in Benin (West Africa): Capitalizing Species Involved, Provision Sources, and Implications for Conservation / Chabi A.M.S. Djagoun, Hugues A. Akpona, Guy. A. Mensah, Clive Nuttman and Brice Sinsin -- Birds of a Feather: Quantitative Assessments of the Diversity and Levels of Threat to Birds Used in African Traditional Medicine / Vivienne L. Williams, Anthony B. Cunningham, Robin K. Bruyns and Alan C. Kemp -- Animals Traded for Traditional Medicine at the Faraday Market in South Africa: Species Diversity and Conservation Implications / Martin J. Whiting, Vivienne L. Williams and Toby J. Hibbitts -- Finely Ground-Hornbill: The Sale of Bucorvus Cafer in a Traditional Medicine Market in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe / Robin K. Bruyns, Vivienne L. Williams and Anthony B. Cunningham Summary 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 Analysis Life sciences Ecology Conservation Biology/Ecology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English In Springer eBooks Subject Materia medica, Animal. Traditional medicine. Wildlife conservation. Animals -- Therapeutic use. Drugs. Conservation of natural resources. Pharmaceutical Preparations Animals Medicine, Traditional Materia Medica Conservation of Natural Resources MEDICAL -- Pharmacology. Drugs Conservation of natural resources Animals -- Therapeutic use Materia medica, Animal Traditional medicine Wildlife conservation Health and Wellbeing. Form Electronic book Author Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega. Rosa, Ierecê Lucena. LC no. 2012940466 ISBN 9783642290268 3642290264 3642290256 9783642290251 1283627043 9781283627047 9786613939494 6613939498

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