Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231101716 ISBN 13: 9780231101714

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This book opens readers' eyes to the enormous resources of the Earth's rain forests and the potential impact of their destruction in terms of human health.

About this title

About the Author:

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 Laboratório 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.

Review:

"Provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of essential facts and data with which to enhance research reports and lectures.... It provides an excellent introduction for those with an interest in the topic." -- "Times Higher Education Supplement"

"Provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of essential facts and data with which to enhance research reports and lectures.... It provides an excellent introduction for those with an interest in the topic." -- Times Higher Education Supplement

"Provides a comprehensive encyclopedia of essential facts and data with which to enhance research reports and lectures.... It provides an excellent introduction for those with an interest in the topic." -- "Times Higher Education Supplement"

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0231101716
• ISBN 13: 9780231101714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440
• Editor: Balick Michael, Elisabetsky Elaine, Laird Sarah