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He fought on behalf of the rubber tappers of the Amazon Basin, whose livelihood depended on preserving the forest and native rubber trees.

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Between 1987 and 1988, Chico Mendes was awarded for his activism, receiving the Global 500 from the United Nations (UN), in England, and the Environment Medal from the Better World Society, in the United States. After his death, awards, parks, institutes and memorials were created to publicize his legacy and honor the rubber tapper leader, whose legacy has influenced a generation of conservationists and policymakers around the world.

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If he didn't have his international recognition, he would have provoked the wrath of the big local farmers who murdered him.

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If he didn't have his international recognition, he would have provoked the wrath of the big local farmers who murdered him.

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if he didn't fight on behalf of the rubber tappers of the Amazon Basin, he would be alive.

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if he didn't fight on behalf of the rubber tappers of the Amazon Basin, he would be alive.

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Chico Mendes was killed with a shotgun in the chest at the back door of his house, when he was going out to shower, shot by Darci Alves, who was following orders from his father, Darly Alves, a land grabber in the region.

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The death of Chico Mendes highlighted the urgency of conservation actions for the preservation of the Amazon and the end of conflicts over land. Based on international pressure, the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (Resex) was founded in 1990, an example followed by others. A reference for the world, Resex reaches the cities of Assis Brasil, Brasileia, Capixaba, Epitaciolândia, Sena Madureira, Xapuri and Rio Branco; it has about 970 thousand kilometers of forest and almost 1 million hectares.