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The burning season the murder of Chico Mendes and the fight for the Amazon rain forest /

Main Author:	Revkin, Andrew.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Island Press, 2004.
Physical Description:	xi, 321 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Subjects:	Mendes, Chico, -- 1944-1988. 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.

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