That it has only been recently that these areas, in particular Mounts Kitanglad and Kalatungan, have been placed under a state-defined management regime suggests the efficacy of indigenous resource management designs in conserving nature's wealth.
As I explain below, the conflict between procedural and substantive justice is inevitable in advanced economies such as ours, as it flows from the conflict between man's conflicting theoretical and practical natures. Wealth in a high finance,
The overriding consensus is that an essential part of the solution for a more sustainable planet is to take better account of the true value of nature's wealth. It is, for example, at the heart of the United Nation's 'World Biosphere' programme,
Natural Compound May Fight Pancreatic Cancer
When it comes to drug discovery, Mother Nature's resources can't be beat. So says Shrikant Anant, PhD, associate director of the University of Kansas Cancer Center's cancer prevention and control program. He calls nature "the best combinatorial chemist," as the soil, forests, and oceans contain a wealth of natural products that have evolved into the most protective and least toxic compounds for plant survival.
Many of the compounds also exert interesting biological properties relevant to human disease. More than half of today's drugs originate from nature— "a classic example of reinventing the wheel," Anant says. Ancient Greeks and Egyptians knew that chewing willow tree bark would relieve fevers and pain; once chemistry came of age, scientists located and modified the bark's active ingredient, producing aspirin. Cholesterol-lowering statins were derived from the substance compactin, found in a type of fungus. And Taxol, one of the bigger anticancer drug success stories, has its roots in the yew tree.
