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@[]##THE WORLD IS CHOKING TO DEATH#THE MAKING OF A RAIN FOREST MARTYR#RANCHER ADMITS MENDES MURDER
Mendes survived five attempts on his life before he was murdered#Over 2000 people have died in Brazil's "land wars"#Mendes was brought up in the forest. He later said "I became an ecologist long before I heard the word"#The story of Chico Mendes is told in the feature film, "The Burning Season"#Tropical Rain forests provide over 70% of the world's oxygen#The scale of the Amazon fires is such that astronauts can even see them from space#Brazil claims that logging has been reduced by 50% since 1990#The Amazon region comprises around 5.5 million square kilometres and is the largest single tract of tropical rain forest on earth. #Tropical rain forests regulate climate patterns by recycling moisture, absorbing the sun's heat and taking in carbon dioxide to produce oxygen
