TY - BOOK ID - 14306464 TI - Animals in traditional folk medicine : implications for conservation AU - Alves, Romulo Romeu Nobrega. AU - Rosa, Ierece Lucena. PY - 2013 SN - 3642290256 9786613939494 3642290264 1283627043 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Animals -- Therapeutic use. KW - Biodiversity conservation. KW - Traditional medicine. KW - Wildlife conservation. KW - Eukaryota KW - Environment KW - Technology, Industry, and Agriculture KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Complementary Therapies KW - Culture KW - Technology, Industry, Agriculture KW - Therapeutics KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Organisms KW - Anthropology, Cultural KW - Anthropology KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Health Care KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Pharmaceutical Preparations KW - Conservation of Natural Resources KW - Medicine, Traditional KW - Animals KW - Zoology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Zoology - General KW - Animals. KW - Animal kingdom KW - Beasts KW - Fauna KW - Native animals KW - Native fauna KW - Wild animals KW - Wildlife KW - Ethnic medicine KW - Ethnomedicine KW - Folk medicine KW - Home cures KW - Home medicine KW - Home remedies KW - Indigenous medicine KW - Medical folklore KW - Medicine, Primitive KW - Primitive medicine KW - Surgery, Primitive KW - Life sciences. KW - Ecology. KW - Conservation biology. KW - Zoology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Conservation Biology/Ecology. KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Alternative medicine KW - Folklore KW - Medical anthropology KW - Ethnopharmacology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14306464 AB - 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. ER -