1. The Rain Forest
Some of the plants in the rainforest are also used for medicinal drugs. ... Other drugs that were used to treat rare forms of leukemia derived from rain forest plants and continual research is being done to investigate more possibilities of rain forest plants as treatment for many diseases; such as cancer and AIDS. ... The affects of these gases impact the rainforest tremendously, causing extinction of plants and animals. ... (www.ran.org) The rainforest provides habitat for 50 -90 percent of its plants and animal species. ... There is a record of 80,000 species of trees and flowering plants...
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