Burch, Joann Johansen   <br/><br/>
Chico Mendes, defender of the rain forest 
Joann Johansen Burch 
 - Brookfield, Connecticut  Millbrook Press  1994 
 - 48 p. 
 - A gateway green biography . <br/><br/> Discusses the life and work of the Brazilian rubber tapper whose efforts to secure fair treatment for other tappers and to perserve the Amazon rain forests resulted in his murder in 1988. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1562944134 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Chico Mendes d. 1988<br/>Conservationists--Biography--Brazil<br/>Rubber tappers--Biography--Brazil<br/>Rain forest conservation--Amazon River Region<br/>Deforestation-Control--Amazon River Region
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>j333.75060981092 Bur   23