Title: Chico Mendes
Description: Relates the story of the rubber tapper who was murdered because of his protest movement to stop the destruction of the Amazon rain forest.
Subjects: Rubber tappers, Conservationists, Juvenile literature, Deforestation, Rain forest conservation, Biography, Conservation of natural resources, Forest conservation, Forests and forestry, Conservation of natural resources, juvenile literature, Mendes, chico, 1944-1988, Environmental protection
Places: Amazon River Region, Brazil
People: Chico Mendes (d. 1988)