Medicine Man

"Medicine Man"
The film "Medicine Man" depicts the devastating effects of habitat loss. A professor and
his research assistant set out to find a cancer-curing plant in the Amazon Basin, only to have it
killed by land clearing. A band of natives' quiet, healthy lifestyle, as well as a large amount of
flora and fauna, are seriously disrupted by the land clearing. It depicts the deforestation
damage we caused on a slightly exaggerated, but no less successful scale. The film's main point
is to demonstrate habitat loss and its consequences for the world. It succeeds in demonstrating
the rapidity at which logging and land clearing occur.
The film also makes a subtle point about biodiversity. Biodiversity supports human and
community needs such as food and nutrition protection, energy, drug production, and
freshwater, all of which contribute to good health. It also promotes economic opportunities
and recreational activities that are beneficial to one's overall well-being. Countless different
species can be found in a very small region of a rainforest like the Amazon. Some of these
species can only be found in that area. As a consequence, clearing the forest without first
researching the flora and fauna could result in the extinction of a species. In the film, for
example, the plant and ant species that hold the key to cancer cure had never been found
anywhere else in the world. As a result, the loss of that portion of the rainforest may have
resulted in the extinction of both species. More biologically diverse communities tend to be
more sustainable (in terms of biomass production) and more stable in the face of perturbations
than less diverse communities. Animals that live in a given environment can often change their
survival conditions as a result of climate-related factors. Aesthetic, social, leisure, educational,

and inspiring qualities are also part of biodiversity's cultural values. People's relationships with
biodiversity, including conservation policies and sustainable use and management practices, are
influenced by cultural value systems. a high diversity of plant and animal life in the world or in a
specific ecosystem, which is generally regarded as valuable and desirable. Biodiversity improves
ecosystem efficiency by allowing each species, no matter how small, to play a vital role. A
higher number of plant species, for example, means a wider range of crops.
The film's main point is to demonstrate habitat loss and its consequences for the world.
It succeeds in demonstrating the rapidity at which logging and land clearing occur. These land–
clearings are normally commissioned by wealthy companies, who then use the land for farming.
They do not, however, consider the native plants, animals, and people that have a greater claim
to the land than they do. The film also emphasizes the distinction between modern city life and
the native people's way of life. The city dwellers live in greater luxury than the natives, but their
way of life is unsustainable. The “city people” suck their environment dry in order to obtain
their creature comforts, while the indigenous people have no effect on their environment,
taking only what they need. The climate can withstand the effects of indigenous people, but not
those of city dwellers. As a consequence, our climate is highly contaminated, while the
indigenous people's environment is not.
Biodiversity will be of crucial importance in our fight against disease in the future: "As
infectious agents evolve and new diseases are transmitted from domestic animals, conventional
medicines become less effective, resistance to antibiotics increases and new products are
required. In this context the potential value of biodiversity from rainforests for medical
research, as several researchers state, becomes critical for the future of humankind”.
Biodiversity supports human and community needs such as food and nutrition protection,
energy, drug production, and freshwater, all of which contribute to good health. It also
promotes economic opportunities and recreational activities that are beneficial to one's overall
well-being.

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"Medicine Man"

the rapidity at which logging and land clearing occur.

survival conditions as a result of climate-related factors. Aesthetic, social, leisure, educational,

indigenous people's environment is not.

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