  ReviewBiodiversity, traditional medicine and public health: where do they meet?Rômulo RN Alves1  and Ierecê ML Rosa2  1Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Av. das Baraúnas, 351/Campus Universitário, Bodocongó, 58109-753, Campina Grande-PB, Brazil 2Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil  author email corresponding author email
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007,
3:14doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-14 Abstract
Given the increased use of traditional medicines, possibilities that would ensure its successful integration into a public health framework should be explored. This paper discusses some of the links between biodiversity and traditional medicine, and addresses their implications to public health. We explore the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services to global and human health, the risks which human impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity present to human health and welfare. | 
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