We Know There Will Be Problems In Environmental Terms, Many Serious Problems, Bu

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Term Paper Title	We Know There Will Be Problems In Environmental Terms, Many Serious Problems, Bu
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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 fought in the rainforests of South America.  The death toll is one that far surpasses any other war in history.  Vietnam and World War II had minimal loss of life compared to this never-ending battle.  It is predicted that by the year 2020, the casualties will reach 150 per day.  This total does not even include the loss of human life
due to the lack of oxygen and the horrible living conditions.  This
terrible scenario would be the result of mankind's failure to cooperate and live in harmony with the environment, especially the rainforest of South America.  In the end, the destruction of the rainforests will mean the destruction of mankind.
        The devastation of the rainforest 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 ecological stop.  Every day 144,000 acres of the rainforests are cut down, slashed and/or put up in flames.
In 1974, Brazil started a forest fire of 20.6 million square feet (3,900 square miles).  The fire ragged out of control and was later marked the largest forest fire in Brazilian history.  This 1974 fire is now considered small to others in the past recent years.  On average the burning season lasts up to four months out of the whole year.  During this period of time, it is not unusual for most of South America to be covered in a thick blanket of smoke.  The bulk of these fires, when combined, are equivalent to the great inferno of 1988 at Yellow Stone National Park.  Emitted from these devastating fires every year are billions of carcinogens and poisonous gases that stay in our atmosphere.   The gases and pollution have been building for many years, and scientists believe that the atmosphere is due to reach its saturation point ve...

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