Chico Mendes

Chico Mendes

male, deceased (1988)
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, also known as Chico Mendes, was a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist. He fought to stop the...
Dorothy Stang

Dorothy Stang

female, deceased (2005)
Dorothy Mae Stang was an American-born, Brazilian sister of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur order, who was murdered in Anapu, a city in the...
Johan Eliasch

Johan Eliasch

male
Johan Eliasch is a Swedish businessman, based in London, who is the chairman and CEO of sporting goods manufacturer Head. Eliasch is also a banker...
Marc van Roosmalen

Marc van Roosmalen

male, 62 years old
Dr. Marc van Roosmalen (1947) is a Dutch primatologist living in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. He was elected as one of the Heroes of the Planet...
Dennis McKenna

Dennis McKenna

male, 58 years old
Dennis Jon McKenna (born December 17, 1950) is an American ethnopharmacologist and author. His research led to the development of natural products...
Richard Evans Schultes

Richard Evans Schultes

male, deceased (2001)
Richard Evans Schultes (January 12, 1915 - April 10, 2001) may be considered the father of modern ethnobotany, not only in his devotion to the...
Jeremy Narby

Jeremy Narby

male
Jeremy Narby is a an anthropologist and writer. Narby grew up in Canada and Switzerland, studied history at the University of Canterbury, and...

Thomas Lovejoy

male
Dr. Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III is chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World Bank, senior adviser to the president of the United...
Henry Walter Bates

Henry Walter Bates

male, deceased (1892)
Henry Walter Bates FRS, FLS, FGS (February 8, 1825 - February 16, 1892) was an English naturalist and explorer most famous for his expedition to...
Margaret Mee

Margaret Mee

female, deceased (1988)
Margaret Ursula Mee was a botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. She studied art at St. Martin's School...