Sentences with phrase «rubber tapper leaders»
Schwartzman participated as an observer in the negotiations between the government, Chico, and other rubber tapper leaders.
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The reserve is named after Francisco AChico @ Mendes, a rubber tapper, rural union leader and founder of the Xapuri Agro-Extractive Cooperative (CAEX).
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.
Brazilian rubber tapper and land rights leader Chico Mendes pioneered the world's first tropical forest conservation initiative advanced by forest peoples themselves.