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At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees. Then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realise I am fighting for humanity.
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The speaker describes a widening sense of responsibility. The struggle first seems focused on protecting rubber trees, then the whole Amazon rainforest, and finally humanity itself. This progression presents the rainforest as connected to human survival and shows that defending one part of nature has come to represent defending people everywhere.
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