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The burning season : the murder of Chico Mendes and the fight for the Amazon rain forest /

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Chronicles the life, work, and murder of Chico Mendes, the Brazilian environmentalist and spokesperson for rainforest preservation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Revkin, Andrew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Mendes, Chico, > 1944-1988.
Mendes, Chico, > 1944-1988
Mendes, Chico > 1944-1988
Mendes, Chico.
Conservationists > Brazil > Biography.
Rain forest conservation > Brazil.
Rain forest conservation > Amazon River Region.
Deforestation > Brazil.
Deforestation > Amazon River Region.
Rain forests > Brazil.
Rain forests > Amazon River Region.
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) > Brésil > Biographies.
Forêts pluviales > Conservation > Brésil.
Déboisement > Brésil.
Forêts pluviales > Brésil.
Conservationists
Deforestation
Rain forest conservation
Rain forests
Amazon River Region
Brazil
Tropischer Regenwald
Rodung
Umweltschützer
Acre > Staat
Mord
Brandrodung
Brasilien
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Table of contents
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • The Burning Season
  • Amazonia
  • Weeping Wood
  • Jungle Book
  • Coming of Age in the Rainforest
  • Roads to Ruin
  • The Fight for the Forest
  • The Wild West
  • Joining Forces
  • The Greening of Chico Mendes
  • An Innocent Abroad
  • Into the Fire
  • The Dying Season.