Chico Mendes, defender of the rain forest /
by Joann J. Burch.
- Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1994.
- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- A Gateway green biography .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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