The Amazon rainforest has a lot to show for it. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world. In total, about two thousand species of fish have been found there. That's more than the entire Atlantic Ocean. If the Amazon were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world. It has one of the most valuable natural resources in the world. Fruits and vegetables are also found in the rainforest. Some biochemists believe that alkaloids protect plants from disease. Many professionals believe that leaving the rainforest as is and harvesting the land would be very expensive. There are also approximately one hundred and twenty prescription drugs sold worldwide that come from rainforest plants. The American Cancer Institute has discovered three thousand plants that help fight against these cancer cells. About seventy percent of them come from the rainforest. Additionally, about a quarter of carcinogenic ingredients come from organisms found in the rainforest. A plant called periwinkle also contains an ingredient, called vincristine, which contributes to the survival rate of cancer patients. People are also found in the rainforest. “The largest of these people, known as the Mbuti, rarely exceed five feet in height. Their bodies have adapted as they are small. The less heat reaches them. “These people live in groups ranging from fifteen to fifty people.” The forest dwellers are nomadic and move three to four times a year. “Most people who live in the forest have a better survival rate, have less risk of disease and have better water to drink. "When they arrive at another colony, they cut down large trees and leave the last ones standing. ''They then build their house. The wood of the rainforest is very v...... middle of paper.. .... fifteen hundred other plants.'' ''The Andes and the Amazon jungle are home to more than half of the population increased by approximately thirty percent By the year two thousand and twenty, the. demand for rice, corn, wheat and other agricultural products will increase It would increase the demand for water by fifty percent People called Shaman Scientists believe that for every man who dies, a thousand years of medicine disappear with him. . "Scientists are trying to learn these medicines, but it is difficult to make them speak, but it is difficult to make them speak, and only a few thousand shamans remain. The medical discoveries of the rain." Forest deductions are constantly updated with new information, to help endangered animals and to get cancerous products from the rainforest. If the rainforest disappears, we will return to the Stone Age.