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Bookmark or Share- Learn About the Life and Death of Activist Chico Mendes - TreehuggerChico Mendes was an activist known for trying to save the rainforests of Brazil from logging and ranching activities. Lear more about his life and death.
- Chico Mendes: A living legacy - Environmental Defense FundBrazilian rubber tapper and land rights leader Chico Mendes pioneered the world's first tropical forest conservation initiative advanced by forest peoples themselves. His work led to the establishment of Brazil's extractive reserves protected forest areas that are inhabited and managed by local communities.
- Chico Mendes | Biography, Contributions, Environmentalism, & FactsChico Mendes was a Brazilian labour leader and conservationist who defended the interests of the seringueiros, or rubber tree tappers, in the Amazonian state of Acre, calling for land reform and preservation of the Amazon Rainforest.
- Chico MendesOn December 22nd, 1988 Chico Mendes was ambushed in his own backyard and killed by a henchman hired by Darly Alves, a land invader with a history of violence all around Brasil. Repercussion was immediate around the world.
- Martyr of the Amazon: The legacy of Chico MendesChico Mendes’ death had a huge impact on the Amazon conservation movement. It’s impossible to talk about forests in Acre, Brazil, without mentioning the state’s home-grown hero: rubber-tapper, union-leader and Amazon-defender Chico Mendes.
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