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Revkin, Andrew.

The burning season : the murder of Chico Mendes and the fight for the Amazon rain forest / Andrew Revkin. - Washington, DC : Island Press, 2004. - xi, 321 p. : map ; 23 cm.

Previously published: New York : Plume Book, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Burning Season -- Amazonia -- Weeping Wood -- Jungle Book -- Coming of Age in the Rainforest -- Roads to Ruin -- The Fight for the Forest -- The Wild West -- Joining Forces -- The Greening of Chico Mendes -- An Innocent Abroad -- Into the Fire -- The Dying Season.

ISBN: 1559630892 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9781559630894 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN: 2004020449

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mendes, Chico, 1944-1988.
Mendez, Chico,.
Mendes, Chico, d. 1988.
Mendes, Chico.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Conservacionistas--Biografías.--Brasil
Deforestación--Amazonas (Brasil)
Home--Influencia sobre la naturaleza--Brasil.
Conservación de bosques--Brasil.
Hombres--Influencia sobre la naturaleza--Amazonía.
Conservationists--Brazil--Biography.
Rain forest conservation--Brazil.
Rain forest conservation--Amazon River Region.
Deforestation--Brazil.
Deforestation--Amazon River Region.
Rain forests--Brazil.
Rain forests--Amazon River Region.
Tropischer Regenwald.
Mord.
Brandrodung.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Brasilien.

LC Class. No.: B SD 411.52 / M538R 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 333.75/16/092