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Saving What Remains Chico Mendes Chico Mendes fought to protect the Amazon and indigenous peoples from the encroachment of cattle ranchers and other developers. After becoming the leader of the rubber tappers union in Acre state, he worked to establish extractive reserves set aside for the exclusive use in a sustainable manner by rubber tappers. His efforts made him a number of enemies among powerful farmers and ranchers who would rather turn rainforest into pasture land and agricultural fields and he received countless death threats. Three days before Christmas in 1988, Chico Mendes was assassinated at his home. His death made him an immediate martyr for the rubber tapper cause. More than ever before, people began supporting his ideas of sustainable use of the Amazon rainforest.

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Solutions Introduction Sustainable Forest Products Large-scale Forest Products Medicinal Drugs Logging Logging (con't) Oil Conservation Priorities Reserve Size & Valuation Organization Intergovernmental Institutions Communication, Education Indigenous people - - - - References (1) References (3) References (5)

Sustainable Dev - Agriculture Eco-tourism Foods & Genetic Diversity Medicinal Drugs & Pesticides Logging (con't) Cattle Increasing Productivity Types of Reserves Funding Developing nations NGOs International Organizations Conclusion - - - - References (2) References (4) References (6)

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