Undiscovered Amazon drugs could be valued at $215 billion, analysis finds

Mongabay
Sep 28, 2026, 4:00 am96 ptsTrending
An analysis by the London-based group Zero Carbon Analytics (ZCA) supports a claim conservationists have made for decades: Tropical forests are worth more standing than cleared, with the Amazon as the world’s “crown jewel” in this context. According to the ZCA analysis released in July, tropical forests…

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