Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/-Chico-Mendes-30-Years---Memory-to-Honor--Legacy-to-Defend--Event-in-Brazil-27MZIFJWJJ11V.htmlConceptually similar"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0ODCompleted★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OKCompleted★★★★★★Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in Acre State, BrazilGP0STT0O7Completed★★★★★★Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in Acre State, BrazilGP0STT0O8Completed★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0O3Completed★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OCCompleted★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OBCompleted★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OGCompleted★★★★★★"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilGP0STT0OJCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STT0OM"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilLucélia Santos (with green shirt), Brazilian actress, reads the Xapuri Letter, written in the gathering.From December 15th to 17th, 2018, the city of Xapuri, in Acre state, Brazil, held a gathering: "Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend", bringing together leaderships from extractivism and social movements from all over the country, not to mention friends and relatives to the activist, mudered three decades ago.After fighting peacefully for all his life, Chico Mendes left an extensive legacy, including a very successful literacy and learning program for rubber tappers, and the creation of Extractive Reserves (Resex), conservation units for collective use that allow people to benefit from the forests and their resources, like rubber tapping and nut collection, without destroying them.In original language:Encontro "Chico Mendes 30 Anos: Uma Memória a Honrar, Um Legado a Defender", no AcreAtriz Lucélia Santos (de camisa verde) lê a Carta de Xapuri, redigida durante o encontro.Entre 15 e 17 de dezembro de 2018, a cidade de Xapuri (AC) recebeu o "Encontro Chico Mendes 30 anos: uma memória a honrar, um legado a defender”, um evento com a participação de lideranças extrativistas e movimentos sociais de diversas regiões do Brasil, além de amigos e parentes do seringueiro e sindicalista assassinado há três décadas.Com uma vida de luta pacífica para proteger a floresta, Chico Mendes deixou um legado extenso, como um bem-sucedido programa de alfabetização para os seringueiros e a criação das Reservas Extrativistas (Resex), um tipo de unidade de conservação de uso coletivo que permite que as populações utilizem os recursos da floresta, como extração de borracha e castanha, sem destruí-la.Locations:Acre (Brazil)-Amazon-Brazil-South America-XapuriDate:17 Dec, 2018Credit:© Marizilda Cruppe / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3543px X 2362pxKeywords:Activists-Actors-Ceremonies-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Large group of people-Local population-Memorials-VictimsShoot:"Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend" Event in BrazilFrom December 15th to 17th, 2018, the city of Xapuri, in Acre state, Brazil, held a gathering: "Chico Mendes 30 Years - Memory to Honor, Legacy to Defend", bringing together leaderships from extractivism and social movements from all over the country, not to mention friends and relatives to the activist, murdered three decades ago.After fighting peacefully for all his life, Chico Mendes left an extensive legacy, including a very successful literacy and learning program for rubber tappers, and the creation of Extractive Reserves (Resex), conservation units for collective use that allow people to benefit from the forests and their resources, like rubber tapping and nut collection, without destroying them.
