Not exact matches
Trained as an architect, the 49 - year -
old artist re-creates landscapes and cityscapes in diverse mediums — sculpture, painting, and video — transforming gallery spaces into tropical
jungles and snow
forests.
The leader, Francisco Mendes Filho, 44 years
old, had fought against the eviction of rubber tappers from their
forest lands and the destruction of the
jungle.
And it's not only the
jungles of Borneo or Costa Rica that are under threat: Over 95 % of North America's
old - growth
forest has already been lost, and Canada, arguably, lags behind the U.S. in conservation efforts.