TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burch,Joann Johansen
TI  - Chico Mendes, defender of the rain forest
SN  - 1562944134
AV  - SD411.52.M46 B87 1994
U1  - 333.75/06/0981092B 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Brookfield, Conn.
PB  - Millbrook Press
KW  - Mendes, Chico,
KW  - Conservationists
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Rubber tappers
KW  - Rain forest conservation
KW  - Amazon River Region
KW  - Deforestation
KW  - Control
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Accelerated Reader; Book Links; Science Books and Films; 5.4; 2-5
N2  - 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
ER  -