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If the butterflys are a real pain in the grass, click on any of them and it will take you to a copy of this page without them. If you enjoy them, then thank you, and read on...

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In 1983 not one pharmaceutical company was involved or cared about research programs to find new drugs or cures derived from plants. They considered it "hocus-pocus" belonging to medicine men and mythical shamans. Today, however, there are over 100 of these companies involved in this research. Since pharmaceutical companies are normally about big bucks and the bottom line, their involvement in this area of medicine tells me there is definitely something to it - not that I didn't believe in medicinal purposes of plants before this. Merck - a huge pharmaceutical company - is one of the giants involved now. And, of course, the National Cancer Institute is involved in this research also. Right now there are over 121 prescription drugs sold world-wide are from plant derivitives.

This information came from: Wealth of the Rainforest at Rain-Tree

The Nature Conservancy

Rainforest Wildlife

Animals of the Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society

Rainforest Action Network

Threatened Species of the Tropical Rainforest

1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants (a searchable database)

Tropical Rainforest in Suriname
Listen to the Howler Monkey that lives in the Suriname. This ghost-like song carries, as communication between groups, from the tops of trees and can be heard for miles.

Smaller clearings made in the Rainforests can regenerate themselves in a moderate amount of time, guaranteeing the survival of the forest and its inhabitants. But these clearings must not become too big - as with those made by loggers and ranchers - because above a certain critical size the forest WILL NOT regenerate.