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One out of every four pharmaceutical products used in the U.S. comes from tropical forest plants
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Trees provide shelter and a safe place for all types of urban critters, including raccoons, squirrels, and hundreds of species of local birds, jungles and rainforests.
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Trees increase the value of property. Houses surrounded by trees sell for 18-25 percent higher than houses with no trees.
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Trees reduce driver rage and incidents of speeding because of the soothing effect.
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Three trees planted in the right place around buildings can cut air-conditioning costs up to 50 percent.
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Every year, the world loses 42 million acres of forests, an area about the size of New England.
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Forests are essential to the continuation of human existence and are one of the best offsets of C02.....
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