Chico Mendes

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A stranger in the forest -- Birth and childhood -- The forest is threatened -- Organizing the rubber tappers -- Lighting the way -- Bringing the cause to the world -- Progress and retaliation -- Chico Mendes's legacy.
Relates the life story of a man who worked tapping rubber trees, led a campaign to save the Brazilian rainforests, and became an international hero.

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Conservation heroes.

PUBLISHED
New York : Chelsea House, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 126 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604139518
160413951X

SUBJECTS
Mendes, Chico, -- d. 1988.
Conservationists -- Brazil -- Biography.
Rubber tappers -- Brazil -- Biography.
Rain forest conservation -- Amazon River Region.
Deforestation -- Control -- Amazon River Region.