The lands that are being destroyed everyday could hold the cure to life threatening diseases. “Forests are also important sources of new pharmaceuticals used to fight cancer, AIDS, and other serious human diseases” (Roper, 2). “Covering only 6 percent of the Earth's surface, tropical moist forests contain at least half of all species...
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“Covering only 6 percent of the Earth's surface, tropical moist forests contain at least half of all species. The abundant botanical resources of tropical forests have already provided tangible medical advances; yet only 1 percent of the known plant and animal species have been thoroughly examined for their medicinal potentials...
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Acid Rain 15). Large land areas which used to be covered with forests are now gone, dead or dying (Baines, 21). Around the 1980's more than half Kotto 2 of the trees in Germany had signs...	2 / 290
Destruction of Rain Forest These soils are reddish in colour and contain high levels of aluminium and iron, and resist leaching. Nutrients from decomposing organisms are found throughout the rain forest, not only in soil but also in trees...	4 / 1071
Acid Rain 15). Large land areas which used to be covered with forests are now gone, dead or dying (Baines, 21). Around the 1980's more than half Kotto 2 of the trees in Germany had signs of acid rain damage (Edmonds, 14)...	3 / 603
Acid Rain The effects of acid rain can also be seen in lakes, rivers, and streams and plant growth. Acidity in water kills practically all life forms. By the early '90s, tens of thousands of lakes had been destroyed by acid rain...	2 / 413