The beautiful Amazon forest “covers a vast area of ​​more than two and a half million square kilometers” (The Amazon: its developers, destroyers). It is home to a wide variety of plants and animals, found nowhere else in the world. Scientists believe there are still many to be found. The Amazon is also home to many tribes who have been there for a long time. These tribes are home to medicine men who know the secrets of the rainforest and healing properties not yet discovered by scientists. The mysterious Amazon is a long-standing treasure that must be preserved, because there is still so much to discover. However, every day these opportunities are taken away from future generations due to human influence on the Amazon rainforest. Future cures for disease and the discovery of new life in the Amazon are being destroyed more and more every day. Human influence is negatively affecting the Amazon rainforest. Although there are many negative effects of humans in the Amazon, there are also some positive ones. Tourism is one of the ways humans have a positive impact on the Amazon rainforest. Tourism increases economic support for the nearby town or city. It can also increase public appreciation for the environment and spread awareness of environmental problems when it brings people into closer contact with the environment. Humans are also organizing groups to preserve and protect some species that live in the Amazon rainforest. Scientists are using plants from the Amazon to help treat diseases. They also found that they can do this through rainforest insects and can detect certain viruses early to create a cure for them. Ranchers raise cattle for the growing demand for beef in America and other countries...... middle of paper ......14): 33-41. Premier of academic research. Network. December 4, 2013.Gibbons, Ann. "Where do 'new' diseases originate?" Science 261.5122 (1993): 680+. Student resources in context. Network. December 4, 2013. Lulekal, Ermias, et al. “Ethnomedicinal Study of Plants Used for Human Ailments in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9.1 (2013): 63-75. Premier of academic research. Network. December 4, 2013. Pereira Terças, Ana Cláudia, et al. "Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome epidemic, Brazil, December 2009-January 2010." Emerging infectious diseases 19.11 (2013): 1824-1827. Premier of academic research. Network. December 4, 2013. "Amazon Project: Threats: Agriculture and Livestock Raising." Amazon Project: Threats – Agriculture and livestock farming. Np, nd Web. December 12, 2013.Why is it being destroyed!" Why is it being destroyed! Np, nd Web. December 15. 2013.