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| Titel: |
Chico mendes - the Defence of life |
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| Verschenen in: |
The journal of peasant studies |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 20 (1992) nr. 1 pagina's 160-176 |
| Jaar: |
1992-10 |
| Inhoud: |
A rubber tapper (seringueiro) since his youth, Francisco Alves Mendes devoted practically all his life to the defence of the workers and people of the forest. He took part in setting up the Union of Rural Workers of Brasileia and Xapuri (Sindicato de los Trabajadores Rurales de Brasileia y Xapuri), the Workers' Party (PT or Partido de los Trabajadores) in Acre, and the National Council of Rubber Tappers (Consejo Nacional de los Serin-gueiros). In his organisational activity Chico Mendes united trade union struggles, the defence of the forest and party militancy. His work was recognised internationally, and in 1987 the United Nations conferred recognition on him as one of the most important defenders of the environment. In his struggle for the setting up of extractive reserves, Chico combined the defence of the forest with an agrarian reform reclaiming land for rubber tappers opposed to the large-scale cattle ranching interests represented by the Rural Democratic Union. (Uniao Democratica Ruralista or UDR ). On the 22 December 1988, Chico Mendes was murdered. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
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Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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