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I became an ecologist long before I had ever heard the word.

Chico Mendes

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Chico Mendes
Age: 44 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 15
Died: 1988
Died: December 22
Environmentalist
Politician
Trade Unionist
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho
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