Tropical Forests: Now Try This!

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Now Try This!

The Chipko is an influential grassroots group in the Himalayas responsible for protecting forests. In one of their books it is written, "...that a tree is like ten sons. It gives ten valuable things: oxygen, water, energy, food, clothes, timber, medicines, fodder, flowers and shade." Your challenge is to identify ten forest products that fulfill the 10 valuable items described by the Chipko.

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