[DOC] [TLE] Chico Mendes - Wikipedia [PAR] Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (December 15, 
1944  December 22, 1988), ... He was assassinated by a rancher on December 
22, 1988. ... Mendes won several awards for his work, including the United 
Nations ... place exactly one week after Mendes' 44th birthday, when he had 
predicted he... [DOC] [TLE] Chico Mendes facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Martyred activist Chico Mendes (1944-1988) devoted much of his life to bring ... 
Francisco "Chico" Mendes was a native of the Amazon rubber plantations .... 
lawyers, union presidents, and certain squatters, who were murdered by hired 
gunmen. ... Brazil passed laws to protect the rainforest and approved a plan to 
replant... [DOC] [TLE] Why They Killed Chico Mendes - NYTimes.com [PAR] Aug 19, 1990 ... LEAD: THE BURNING SEASON The Murder of Chico Mendes and the ... 22, 
1988, in the small town of Xapuri in the remote Brazilian state of ... In life, Mendes 
was a unionist who defended the rights of his fellow ... ''In leading this struggle to 
preserve the Amazon, Chico Mendes had made a lot of trouble for... [DOC] [TLE] The My Hero Project - Chico Mendes [PAR] Sep 30, 2015 ... Rainforests are the most biologically diverse places on this planet: they cover ... 
Consequently, saving these precious areas has become an urgent 
environmental cause. ... His name was Chico Mendes, and on December 22, 
1988, he was killed while trying to save his beloved Amazon from destruction. [DOC] [TLE] Remembering Chico Mendes -- The Martyr of the Amazon Lives On [PAR] Mar 1, 2005 ... Amazon Watch works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of ... The 
1988 murder of Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico ... Just 44 
when he was gunned down, Mendes had been to the United States .... With all of 
Mendes's successes, the central lesson of his life may well be that... [DOC] [TLE] Chico Mendes - Natural Environment - Global Warming Causes [PAR] May 10, 2016 ... Mendes' short life was devoted to leading the rubber tappers' fight to defend the 
... His parents had come from the northeast during the Second World War, ... of '
extractive reserves', which are legally protected forest areas that are ... Since 
April 1988, when it formally set itself up in Acre, the number of hired... [DOC] [TLE] Press Kit PDF - Children of the Amazon [PAR] Mar 10, 2010 ... ney tells the story of what happened to life in the largest forest on ... forest and 
was assassinated by cattle ranchers. ... who had relied on the rainforest for their 
survival, these children ... endary rubber tapper Chico Mendes and his family. .... 
the idea of government protected extractive reserves devoted to. [DOC] [TLE] Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE): Parana Case [PAR] These grileiros exploit Amazonian Land used by local peasants for ... The term 
deforestation is one where the environmental community has not come to a ... 
there must be legislation protecting the land where the logging its taking place. ... 
in 1988 with the death of Brazilian activist Chico Mendes; murdered at his home 
by... [DOC] [TLE] A children's book inspired by murder: the 25th anniversary of 'The ... [PAR] Jul 3, 2014 ... He made the ultimate sacrificehis own lifeto protect the ... These were small 
discomforts compared to what Chico Mendes endured. We are... [DOC] [TLE] Bringing a Xavante Healer's Dream to Life | Cultural Survival [PAR] Hiparidi Top'tiro (Xavante) and Joan Her driks (Ngugi) at the Chico Vive 
conference. ... protections for the cerrado equivalent to those in place for 
Amazonia. ... Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper assassinated in 1988 for 
his defense of the Amazon ... promote policies, and devote resources to protect 
this unique biome. [DOC] [TLE] December 15, 1944. Chico Mendes: the man and the forest | ExpoNet [PAR] Dec 15, 2014 ... Francisco  Chico  Mendes (1944 - 1988) was a rubber tapper ... He was 
murdered on

Question: When assassinated in 1988, Chico Mendes had devoted his life to protecting these places
Answer: Rainforests