Value Of Environmental Agencies

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Kathlyn Gay, author of Rainforests of
the World, mentions, “Indigenous people in many countries have died because of
contact with outsiders-usually whites of northern European extraction-who have
brought contagious diseases, ranging from measles to influenza, and sexually
transmitted disease”(20). With the importance of the land resources comes the
ever significance of the atmosphere. The atmosphere's most predictive component
is the ozone layer. The distribution of the forests and multiplying of grazing
cattle are causes immense damage to the ozone. John Nichol, head of Worldfest
90' production and marketing, alludes, “In Brazil and other countries in South
and Central America the smoke from fires burning the jungle is sometimes so
thick that great palls of it drift for miles(140). These smoke clouds are
affecting the weather patterns. “Weather patterns are changing too, and the
consensus of informed opinion is that this too is a direct result of destruction
of the ...

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