Question

describe forest and people interaction

Answer 1

An overview of the state of human health in and around forests,
and the causal links between forests and human health
Even the realization of the eighth MDG, related to global partnerships, could contribute to improved human and forest health.

As with many statistics pertaining to forests, global and regional statistics about the health of people living in forests are subject to some question. But a sense of the magnitude of both health problems for people and the links between forests and health can be grasped from the following sprinkling of statistics.

Smoke from fuelwood and forest fires causes significant human respiratory problems. Smoke from simple biomass fuels may account for 1 million to 2 million premature deaths annually, mainly women and small children in developing countries (see Smith, this issue of Unasylva). Smoke plumes from forest fires can travel hundreds of kilometres, posing a great health risk; the extensive 1997 Indonesian forest fires caused an estimated 16 400 infant and foetal deaths (Jayachandran, 2005) (see page 45 regarding health guidelines for fire events).

Anyinam (1995) reports that in India alone, some 2 500 plants are used medicinally, and Shankar and Majumdar (1997) add that for 400 million to 500 million Indians, traditional medicine is the only option.

Seventy to 80 percent of Africans consult traditional medical practitioners who often rely on medicinal plants. The United Republic of Tanzania, for instance, was reported to have 30 000 to 40 000 traditional practitioners compared with only 600 western doctors (Cunningham, 1993).

US$75 billion of pharmaceuticals of natural origin are sold each year (Kate and Laird, 1999).

Answer 2

forests attract human by their smell, by their colours, by there good things
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