Chico Mendes, defender of the rain forest
By: by Joann J. Burch.
Series: A Gateway green biography
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Mendes, Chico, d. 1988 -- Juvenile literature.; Mendes, Chico, d. 1988.; Conservationists -- Brazil -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Rubber tappers -- Brazil -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Rain forest conservation -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.; Deforestation -- Control -- Amazon River Region -- Juvenile literature.; Conservationists.; Rubber tappers.; Rain forest conservation -- Amazon River Region.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Discusses the life and work of the Brazilian rubber tapper whose efforts to secure fair treatment for other tappers and to preserve the Amazon rain forests resulted in his murder in 1988.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.