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    Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃiku ˈmẽdʒis]; 15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian...
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    The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, ICMBio) is the Brazilian...
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  • Look up CHICO, Chico, or chico in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chico (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃiko]) means small, boy or child in the Spanish language...
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  • directed by John Frankenheimer. The film chronicles environmental activist Chico Mendes' fight to protect the Amazon rainforest. This was Raul Julia's last film...
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    available only to the Brazilian Navy and selected researchers vetted by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, the Brazilian federal conservation...
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    Francisco Mendes, popularly known by his nom de guerre as Chico Té (February 7, 1939 – July 7, 1978), was a Bissau-Guinean politician and revolutionary...
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  • Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes) is an extractive reserve in the state of Acre, Brazil. The Chico Mendes...
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    Chico Mendes. Costa, Lamas & Fernandes 2010, p. 15. Clima – Chico Mendes. Flora – Chico Mendes. McMillan & Horobin 1995. Clima (in Portuguese), Chico...
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    colonial control. 1988 – Brazilian unionist and environmental activist Chico Mendes was murdered at his home in Xapuri. 2008 – A dike ruptured at a waste...
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    da Gávea Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument Geologia – Chico Mendes. Migon 2010, p. 95. Vieira, Salgado & Santos 2015, p. 294. Migon 2010...
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    based on the film of the same name, the miniseries Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes, and the play Últimos Remorsos Antes do Esquecimento. In 2008, she joined...
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    of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Preserve, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). The area is composed...
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    their plan to release Spix's macaws back into the wild. The Brazilian Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) is conducting a project...
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    was established by decree on 6 July 1961, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It covers parts of the municipalities...
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    council was created on 15 May 2012. The ARIE is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It is classed as IUCN...
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    created by decree 91.655 of 17 September 1985, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The park covers parts of the...
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  • his direct action protests against various infrastructure projects. Chico Mendes was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist...
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    he participated in the miniseries Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes, portraying Chico Mendes, in the telenovela Desejo Proibido and in the special TV...
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    peasant activist at their jail in Iguala, presenting Rodolfo with the Chico Mendes Award on behalf of American environmental group the Sierra Club. In March...
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    role as Gomez Addams in Addams Family Values. In 1994, Julia played Chico Mendes in The Burning Season for HBO, for which he received critical acclaim...
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    the Sea Turtles) is a Brazilian non-profit organization owned by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The main objective of the project...
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    Paraíso de Goiás, Cavalcante and Colinas do Sul. The park is maintained by Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The Chapada dos Veadeiros region...
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  • in New York City. Named after Brazilian environmentalist and activist Chico Mendes, the garden was demolished on December 31, 1997. The East Village's Mendez...
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    created by decree nº 86.392 on 24 September 1981, and is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It covers parts of...
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    Amazon and was assassinated on July 21, 1980. He was a colleague of Chico Mendes, the president of the Xapuri Rural Workers Union, who similarly lost...
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    became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. The park is managed by Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). The park shares a border...
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    is known as the birthplace of the rubber tapper and environmentalist Chico Mendes and of the surgeon and professor Adib Jatene. Xapuri is at the point...
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    1972, with 197,810 hectares (488,800 acres). It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It lies in the municipalities...
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    in the municipalities of Manaus and Novo Airão. It is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The fluvial part of the park...
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  • Mendes is a common Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronym, (Son of Menendus, later Son of Mem). António Lopes Mendes (1835–1894), Portuguese...
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