When Chico Mendez was little he meets a man who taught him to read and do maths and in return he taught the man how to collect rubber from a rubber taper tree.

That was there way of live. When Chico Mendes was older the rubber tappers business was going down because the Brazilian embassy

Was building a road through the Amazon rain Forest

As you can see in this picture.

So Chico and his friend Wilson

Got all of there village to stop them from building the road in the Amazon rain forest.

BUT WILSON GOT FREATEND BECAUSE SOMEONE HUNG A GOATS HEAD OVER HIS DOOR. THIS IS A FREAT WHICH MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

THEY TRIED TO SAVE THE RAIN FOREST

THE CALLED IT THE BURNING SEASON