Devastation Of The Rain Forests
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"We know there will be problems in environmental terms, many serious
problems, but it is a matter of economics. There won't be any complete
disaster, and what we cannot solve, well, that's the price we have to pay."
- Eduardo Albuquerque Barbosa
There is a constant war that is being foug ....
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.... may be compared to playing a game
of Russian Roulette. One-forth of existing medicines comes from tropical
plants whose homes are in the rainforests of South America. For every acre
that is lost in the burning season, there is one acre less that we have for
possible life saving medicines. About 70 percent of plants used in anti-
cancer drug come are the rain forest. We are slowly destroying the
environment and ourselves. Whether we realize it or not, the world could
quickly come to an eco ....
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