Rubber tapper pours latex on banana tree log before rotating it in smoke,turning latex to rubber Brazil

Rubber tappers setting off on jungle trail with 25-kilo jugs of latex on their backs to sell. Brazil

Rubber tree tappers' home in the Amazon jungle at sunrise. Brazil

Rubber tapper's wife, kids @ doorway of their rustic Amazon home, sunrise;Acre state;Sta Queteiria Brazil

Rubber tree tapper strikes a restful pose as his wife glances up from her chores behind him. Brazil

Rubber tapper exhorting comrades to fight for rights at rural union meeting; Brasileia, Acre. Brazil

Jungle on fire at edge of burnt field; in Rondonia, slash-&-burn agriculture has decimated forest Brazil

First leg of construction on Hiway BR364 extension from Rondonia to Acre (Porto Velho-Rio Branco) Brazil

Woman w/ bucket makes long trip for water over eroded gulley dug for BR364 fill; note dirt truck. Brazil

Antonio Osterno Pinheiro- farmer & former rubber tapper- w/ kids & wife in window of their home. Brazil

Colonist/farmer who works small cattle herd on fringes of jungle where Chico Mendes' family lives Brazil

Edson dos Anjos do Carmo, Rondonian colonist, in jungle clearcut w/ chainsaw; Hiway BR364 in back Brazil

Aerial view of Jurua River (on left) & clearwater slough (right) near Eirunepe, Amazonas. Brazil

Girl gazes from her wooden shanty in Rio Branco slum where many ex-rubber tappers live; Acre Brazil

Mass @ Rio Branco cathedrl honors Chico Mendes 1/2yr after death; Brazil nuts spell 'Chico Lives' Brazil

Rubber tapper and daughter stand beside rubber tree on hour walk to her school in jungle; Xapuri Brazil

Girl gazes at blackboard at jungle school for rubber tappers' kids on Seringal Cachoeira, Acre Brazil

Rubber tree tappers powwow during 'empate' to evict loggers from from jungle near Xapuri, 6/10/89 Brazil

Evicted logger carries his child as rubber tappers tear down his hut; 'empate' on 6/10/89; Xapuri Brazil

Woman walks away from her jungle hut that rubber tappers set on fire @ empate of 6/10/89; Xapuri Brazil

Rubber tree tappers view ruins of loggers' hut which they have burnt down; empate of 6/10/89. Brazil

Rubber tappers tear down smoking ruins of loggers' hut they burnt during 'empate' of 6/10/89 Brazil

Girl carries baby brother amid ashes of their home which rubber tappers burnt during 'empate.' Brazil

Mother warms milk for baby on ashes of their home which rubber tappers burnt during 'empate.' Brazil

Portrait of young rubber tree tapper framed by window of his shack in state of Amazonas. Brazil

Rubber tapper's wife holds grandbaby in kitchen of their flimsy split-palm hut on rainy pm; AM Brazil

Rubber tapper waves adieu from atop his horse as he rides off to his family deep in jungle; Acre. Brazil

Rubber tree tapper cuts groove in tree to sap latex; region of Eirunepe, Amazonas state. Brazil

Man carries block of crude rubber from boat up steep river bank to be processed in Eirunepe, AM Brazil

Man in large straw hat talks about his work as town gardener in Eirunepe, Amazonas. Brazil

Cowboy on horse lassos cattle in corral-- deforested pastures of Amazon in distance; Amazonas Brazil

Cowboy on horse twirls lasso over head as he 'cuts' cattle in corral on jungle ranch; Amazonas Brazil

Worker stands atop pile of logs at saw mill near Rio Branco, capital of Amazon state of Acre. Brazil

Two Kanamari Indian girls strike pose on missionary bldg porch @ tribal village of Tres Unidos,AM Brazil

Young Kanamari man wears native jewelry, paint and headband in tribal village of Tres Unidos, Amazonas, Brazil.

Close up of Kanamari man's face painted in tribal pattern at village of Tres Unidos, Amazonas Brazil