I have not even got into the subject of medicinal plants. All over India and especially in the Western Ghats, accelerated exploitation of some of our most precious plants is taking place - we cannot even put values on it because few have gone deep into the subject and its final value to the user could be enormous. There are also vast encroachments in the Western Ghats for spice plantations and for tea and coffee. Again the money made from all this is huge but the big companies have put nothing back to safeguard the land or the forest. It is all about making the "Quick Buck".