Chico Mendes Professions : Environmentalist Born : December 15, 1944 Died : December 22, 1988 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Chico Mendes At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rain forest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity Chico Mendes fighting rain tree I became an ecologist long before I had ever heard the word. Chico Mendes heard long Similar Authors Bill McKibben environmentalist Bhagat Puran Singh environmentalist Douglas Tompkins environmentalist David R. Brower environmentalist David Foreman environmentalist Ian Kiernan environmentalist All Authors
