The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest

Type

Book

Authors

Andrew Revkin

ISBN 10

039552394X

ISBN 13

9780395523940

Tags

Latin America, Political, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Brazil, Conservation, Politics & Government

Description

Chico Mendes--a name synonymous with the battle to save the rain forest--was a Brazilian rubber tapper and homegrown environmentalist who was killed in December 1988 by ranchers intent on ravaging the jungle for short-term gain. Now an award-winning journalist has written a deeply affecting book about the life and death of this courageous, passionate man. Two 8-page photo inserts. - from Amzon

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