Value of Environmental Agencies
In current times man has become so consumed with weapons and money that the
planet has been neglected. With something so typical and now common as chopping
down the rainforest to produce trees for mass abundance of political paper and
land to graze more cattle this thoughtless destruction, disturbs all aspects of
the environment. This is business as usual. The lands being destroyed are the
most unique and diverse lands in the world. Chris Park Senior lecturer in the
Department of Geographer at Lancaster University states, "The available
statistics are impressive and... the rainforest's claim to fame as the richest
ecological zone on earth"(26). In order to efficiently restore and protect the
damaged land, animals, and people environmental agencies' must be valued.
By destroying the forest, we are creating an open-door policy for
disease. For example, the S.Amerindians have long adopted to endemic disease
and have prevented them, in large......
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