North America's northwestern coast seems to be a whole treasure trove when it comes to trees as most of the world's tallest (and oldest) can be found here. We've focused on the world's tallest, measured from top to bottom, rather than the stoutest trees,

About 70 percent of current cancer drugs are either natural products or derived from natural compounds, and the world's largest rain forest is a great cauldron of biodiversity that has already produced medicine for diseases such as malaria.

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The new forests, the scientists argue, could blunt the effects of rain forest destruction by absorbing carbon dioxide, the leading heat-trapping gas linked to global warming, one crucial role that rain forests play....

The Our Lady of Calvary Abbey, a Trappist monastery, located in Rogersville, New Brunswick has recently been urged by several animal rights groups to shut down its farming operation due to grossly inhumane treatment of animals. The monastery is operating

Mostly as a result of human actions, there are now thousands of endangered species of animals representing virtually every part of the planet, and this number is constantly growing..... :(

Reforestation fixes carbon, increases aquifer recharge, and reduces soil erosion. Deforestation has been a major cause for the increased rate of global warming, carbon emissions, and the extincion of many plant and animal species.

US president endorses scheme proposed by Norway and Brazil that would protect the world's rainforests with funding from rich countries which cannot cut their emissions at home