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This volume is a compendium of selected plant species of ethnobotanical value to the highland communities of popular Southeast Asia. Traditional knowledge held by local communities on their resources is always in flux and adapting to a quickly changing environment. New plants find their entry into the local pharmacopoeias, while existing ones maybe removed. Likewise, various local communities might find the same plant useful for completely different purposes. While compiling information on the species, authors have taken great care to ensure that the dynamic nature of ethnobotanical knowledge is represented adequately. Special emphasis has also been given to cultural value of species to the local communities in the region. The field (and thus the market) of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology has grown considerably in recent years. Student interest is on the rise, attendance at professional conferences has grown steadily, and the number of professionals calling themselves ethnobotanists has increased significantly (the various societies (Society for Economic Botany, International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Society of Ethnobiology, International Society for Ethnobiology, and many regional and national societies in the field currently have thousands of members). The objective of this new Major Reference Work on Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia is to take advantage of the increasing international interest and scholarship on highland landscapes and communities. While ethnobotanical studies are now available from many regions of the world, no comprehensive encyclopedic volume on the highlands of popular SE Asia is available in the market. We include the best and latest research on a full range of descriptive, methodological, theoretical, and applied research on the most important plants for the region. Scholars in plant sciences worldwide will also be interested in the dedicated website for this volume and its dynamic content.

Ethnobotany. --- Indigenous peoples --- Ethnobiology --- Plants --- Human-plant relationships --- Ethnobotany --- Etnobotànica --- Muntanyes --- Sud-est asiàtic --- Àrees de muntanya --- Orografia --- Pujols --- Serralades --- Serres (Geografia) --- Turons --- Zones de muntanya --- Espais naturals --- Alpinisme --- Etnografia botànica --- Etnobiologia --- Botànica --- Plantes útils --- Nomenclatura popular de les plantes --- Àsia del sud-est --- Àsia Sud-oriental --- Sud-est d'Àsia --- Orient --- Filipines --- Indonèsia --- Indoxina --- Mekong (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Singapur --- Timor Oriental

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This book discusses the historical context, country experience, and best practices that led to eliminating infectious diseases from the WHO’s South-East Asia Region, such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, yaws, trachoma, and mother-to-child HIV in the mid-twentieth and twenty-first century. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (3.3) targets to end AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases by 2030. In this context, this book is of high significance to countries from the SEA region and around the globe. It helps create national strategies and action plans on infectious disease elimination and thus attaining SDG 3.3. This is an open access book.

Diseases. --- Human beings --- Illness --- Illnesses --- Morbidity --- Sickness --- Sicknesses --- Medicine --- Epidemiology --- Health --- Pathology --- Sick --- Diseases --- infectious diseases in South East Asia --- lymphatic filariasis --- communicable diseases --- neonatal tetanus --- elimination of Yaws --- elimination of Malaria --- polio-free regions --- UN Sustainable Development Goals --- Malalties infeccioses --- Sud-est asiàtic --- Contagi --- Malalties contagioses --- Malalties encomanadisses --- Malalties transmissibles --- Microbiologia mèdica --- Salut pública --- Abscessos --- Desinfecció --- Malalties bacterianes --- Malalties emergents --- Malalties infeccioses en els infants --- Malalties d'origen alimentari --- Malalties parasitàries --- Malalties per prions --- Malalties víriques --- Micosi --- Zoonosi --- Àsia del sud-est --- Àsia Sud-oriental --- Sud-est d'Àsia --- Orient --- Filipines --- Indonèsia --- Indoxina --- Mekong (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Singapur --- Timor Oriental --- Communicable diseases --- Health planning --- Prevention.

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This book presents an overview study about plant biogeography and vegetation of the high mountains of Central and South-West Asia, by a group of specialists familiar with its area and plant growth and ecology. This book discusses its ecological and evolutionary drivers and also its conservation priorities. Central and South-West Asia is one of the most diverse areas in the northern hemisphere and several biodiversity hotspots are concentrated in this region. Most of the biodiversity hotspots are associated with high mountain ranges of the region. Moreover, these mountains have been immigration corridors for the Central Asian flora to reach Euro-Siberian and Mediterranean regions. Despite its importance, there is no overview publication to present the plant biogeography and vegetation of these mountains and most of the publications are local or rather imprecise.

Plant ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology . --- Biodiversity. --- Plant systematics. --- Plant taxonomy. --- Plant Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Botanical classification --- Botanical systematics --- Botanical taxonomy --- Botany --- Classification --- Plant biosystematics --- Plant classification --- Plant systematics --- Plant taxonomy --- Systematic botany --- Systematics (Botany) --- Taxonomy, Plant --- Plant taxonomists --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Plants --- Phytogeography --- Botanical geography --- Geobotany --- Geographical distribution of plants --- Plant distribution --- Plant geography --- Plant species --- Biogeography --- Disjunct plants --- Geographical distribution --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic ecology --- Biogeografia --- Vegetació --- Orient Mitjà --- Sud-est asiàtic --- Flora --- Plantes --- Corologia --- Corotips --- Distribució geogràfica d'animals i plantes --- Distribució geogràfica de les espècies --- Distribució geogràfica dels animals i les plantes --- Biologia --- Geografia --- Geografia humana --- Filogeografia --- Fitogeografia --- Paleobiogeografia --- Zoogeografia --- Introducció d'animals --- Àsia del sud-est --- Àsia Sud-oriental --- Sud-est d'Àsia --- Orient --- Cambodja --- Filipines --- Indonèsia --- Indoxina --- Laos --- Mekong (Àsia : Curs d'aigua) --- Myanmar --- Singapur --- Tailàndia --- Timor Oriental --- Àsia anterior --- Àsia occidental --- Àsia sud-occidental --- Orient Pròxim --- Proper Orient --- Pròxim Orient --- Aràbia --- Aràbia Saudita --- Bahrain --- Iemen --- Iran --- Iraq --- Israel --- Jordània --- Kurdistan --- Kuwait --- Líban --- Oman --- Palestina --- Palestina (Regió) --- Qatar --- Síria --- Turquia --- Unió dels Emirats Àrabs --- Xipre