organized a number of events in Chico's hometown of Xapuri, including a forest products fair. The National Wildlife Federation and other organizations in the US are readying plans for observances in New York and Washington DC. For information see the Chico Mendes.
Central to this drama was the lingering presence of Mendes himself, the rubber tapper turned ecologist whose attempt to save the rainforest ultimately cost him his life. His story, told in a series of essays and interviews accompanied by Bishop's vividly evocative paintings, is concise and exemplary. Above all, he was, in the words of his widow Ilzemar, "a
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