The SOA is a US run military training school, which has trained some of the worst human rights violators in Latin America. All while South Africa faces the brunt of the global AIDs epidemic and it tries to do something about it. This poverty usually arises from debt, via flawed IMF structural adjustment initiatives and bloated military budgets, leaving little in terms of access to basic services for children. By forcing nations to cut back on provisions such as health, education and transportation, while exporting more and more at cheaper prices, developing nations lose out, while Western corporations can profit. It is feared that human activity is causing massive extinction in plants and animals.
Plants are fundamental for sustainable development.
They provide food, medicine for most people, materials for clothes and buildings, and even help naturally protect their ecosystem, yet we are exploiting biodiversity in an unsustainable way. There are a number of food ingredients and plants in India that have been, or has seen attempts to be, patented by various biotech firms. US patent laws may be part of the problem. Genetic Engineering of Food A link to more information has been added . This one is from the National Security Archives, which collects and publishes declassified documents.