An excerpt relating to the Healing capabilities of our Mother Earth (from the report)

“Researchers state that of the more than 130 clinically useful major prescription drugs that are derived from plants, over 70 per cent of them came to the attention of pharmaceutical companies because of their use in traditional systems of medicine. Examples include the medicinal properties of the sacred Ayahuasca plant (processed by indigenous communities in the Amazon basin for centuries), and a pesticidal extract from the neem tree used in India for its antiseptic properties since ancient times. They further noted that most of the plants from which these drugs are derived are found in tropical forests. Although tropical forests constitute only 7 per cent of the earth’s surface, they contain an estimated two-thirds of its plant species.”

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