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·14/5/2008 - Amazon Defender Quits As Brazil Environment Minister, Reuters

·8/4/2008 - Brazil Making Condoms To Stem Amazon Losses, AIDS, Reuters

·4/1/2008 - Jungle tribal leader Kelesau Naan took on the loggers. It may have cost him his life, Times (UK)

·18/12/2007 - Brazil courts annuls conviction of man for killing US nun, Associated Press

·8/12/2007 - Amazon Still Faces Threats Old and New, Associated Press

·4/10/2007 - Brazil Urges World Support for Amazon, Reuters

·10/6/2007 - Brazil: Google to harness satellite power for an Amazon tribe, San Francisco Chronicle

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·Deforestation in the Amazon 2004

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·Eating up the Amazon

·Amazon Interactive

·Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change

·Amazon Watch

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1. Amazon Chico Mendes News, Links and Information from Forests...           Rank: 77%

Jungle tribal leader Kelesau Naan took on the loggers. It may have cost him his life, Times (UK) ·18/12/2007 - Brazil courts annuls conviction of man for killing US nun, Associated Press ·8/12/2007 - Amazon Still Faces Threats Old and New, Associated Press ·4/10/2007 - Brazil Urges World Support for Amazon, Reuters ·10/6/2007 - Brazil: Google to harness satellite power for an Amazon tribe, San...
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2. Chico Mendes News, Links and Information from Forests.Org           Rank: 75%

Jungle tribal leader Kelesau Naan took on the loggers. It may have cost him his life, Times (UK) ·18/12/2007 - Brazil courts annuls conviction of man for killing US nun, Associated Press ·8/12/2007 - Amazon Still Faces Threats Old and New, Associated Press ·4/10/2007 - Brazil Urges World Support for Amazon, Reuters ·10/6/2007 - Brazil: Google to harness satellite power for an Amazon tribe, San...
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3. Chico Mendes: Voice of the Amazon, a documentary about rainforest...           Rank: 74%

Forests of the world are under siege. Cut or burned for short-term profit, they are vanishing at an alarming rate with untold consequences. The heroic effort made by one man in the Brazilian rain forest to protect this valuable resource is the subject of the film, Voice of the Amazon. This documentary investigates the battle between those who would preserve the unique ecosystem of the Amazon rain...
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4. Chico Mendes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia           Rank: 74%

Now I realise I am fighting for humanity. " Contents 1 History 2 Founding of unions 3 Individual activism 4 Assassination 5 Legacy 6 See also 7 References 8 External links [edit] History Mendes grew up in a family of rubber tappers in Acre State, Brazil, and when he was nine years old he continued on the family tradition. However, rubber prices had collapsed in the 1960s, and many landowners were...
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5. CHICO MENDES AND THE RUBBER TAPPERS OF BRAZIL. FREE MOVIE           Rank: 73%

When a big budget Warner Brother's movie project about slain Brazilian activist Chico Mendes goes bust, Bill Day, Terry Schwartz and Caito Martins head deep into the Amazon to find out who Chico Mendes really was and why Hollywood couldn't make a big budget film about him. CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO SEE FILM FREE WHO WAS CHICO MENDES? Sometimes called "The Ghandi of the Amazon" Chico Mendes was a...
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6. Ten years without Chico Mendes           Rank: 73%

Ten years without Chico Mendes The destruction of Acre, in the Western Brazilian Amazon began in 1877, with the arrival of peasants from Brasil's Northeast, escaping from drought...
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Christmas in 1988, Chico Mendes was assassinated at his home. His death made him an immediate martyr for the rubber tapper cause. More than ever before, people began supporting his ideals of sustainable use. Previous Solutions Introduction Sustainable Forest Products Large-scale Forest Products Medicinal Drugs Logging Logging (con't) Oil Conservation Priorities Reserve Size & Valuation...
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