Biodiversity and Health : Focusing Research to Policy / Biodiversité and Santé : De la recherche aux politiques.

Cover -- Table of Contents/Tables des matières -- Preface/Avant propos -- Steering Committee/Comité directeur -- Dedication/Dédicace -- Our Sponsors &amp -- Partners/Notre commonditaires &amp -- associés -- Introduction -- Biological and Cultural Diversity: The Double Helixof Sustainable Development -- Finding the Science in Tradition -- Sustainable Use of Medicinal Biodiversity -- Medicinal Biodiversity Conservation and Ethnobotany/Biodiversité et conservation des plantes médicinales -- Conservation of Medicinal Plants in Central America and the Caribbean -- Conservation of Indigenous Medicinal Plants andAssociated Knowledge: A Case Study from theEmberá Community of Ipeti, Panamá -- Community Use and Conservation of Forest Resources in Indonesia -- Canadian Medicinal Plant Biodiversity Priority Issues -- Quantitative Analysis of Q'eqchi' Medicinal Plantsin Belize, CA -- Ethnobotany of Q'eqchi' Maya Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Neurological andMental Health Disorders in Southern Belize -- Protection and Crop Development of the North American Medicinal Plant Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) -- Traditional Medicine Programmes in Madagascar -- Research and Commercialization/Recherche et commercialization des plantes médicinales -- Biodiversity Prospecting in Drylands of Latin America -- Medicinal Natural Products in Mexican Phytomedicines -- Anti-Viral Activities in Tropical Plants: Limitations of Existing Bioassays and New Research Developments -- International Marketing of Organic Botanicals: A Farmer's Perspective -- Le developpement d'une industrie de phytomedicaments en Afrique -- Prospects and Problems of Trading in Medicinal Plants: A Case Study of Madagascar -- Research to Policy/De la recherche aux politiques -- Protecting Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge Related to Medicines.

Use of Traditional Knowledge for University Research: Conflicts Between Research Ethicsand Intellectual Property Ownership Policies -- The Convention on Biological Diversity as an Instrument for Health and Well-Being -- Ghana's Contribution to the Round Table Discussion -- Traditional Knowledge and its Relation to Conservation -- Biodiversity and Health Symposium: Conclusions and Recommendations -- Abstracts/Resumés -- The Medicinal Plants Sector in India: Issues and Initiatives Under the Changed Global Scenario -- Research and Commercialization of Medicinal Plants - Discussion -- Commercial Phytomedicines in Africa -- Pharmacognosy Research In Panama -- Medicinal Biodiversity and Conservation in Canada's Boreal Forest -- Fostering Research in Medicinal Plants -- Canadian Natural Health Products Regulations -- Plant Uses by the Inuit of Kangirsujuaq (Nunavik, Quebec) -- Botanical Gardens in Conservation: Investing in Nature - A Partnership for Plants in Canada -- Dietary Diversity: Linking Agrobiodiversity Conservation to New Challenges in Global Health -- Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants in Sri Lanka -- Rich Medicinal and Aromatic Flora in Balkan and East Europe Countries and its Protection from Environmental Stresses and People Overuse -- Morphological Evaluation of Biodiversity in Wild Ricinus communis from Pakistani-Controlled Jammu and Kashmir -- Use of Medicinal Plants and Conservation Issues in Communities Bordering Badiar National Park,Northern Guinea.

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