The 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 part, by their adaptation to conditions of life over the 20,000 years they have inhabited the tropical forest. …