Environmental Park Chico Mendes

An old rubber plantation, the Chico Mendes Environmental Park, in Rio Branco, works as a center for the protection of nature, environmental training and for social interplay. With lush plants and numerous species of animals native to the Amazon Rainforest, along with jaguars, monkeys and snakes, the Park also offers alternatives of forest trails, viewing spots, outside gyms, and a memorial dedicated to its customer, Chico Mendes. Mendes was an environmentalist who changed into the world over diagnosed for his fight towards the indiscriminate exploitation of the forest and of its employees. He is, to this day, one of the maximum crucial neighborhood figures.

Along the paths it is possible to peer primates that stay loose inside the Park and replicas of the traditional homes of the rubber tappers and indigenous people. You may also be able to study approximately nearby legends on the various data boards. From the website, you may additionally collect stunning works made by means of craftsmen. They promote wooden merchandise, jewelry, baskets and portions of latex and of other craftwork crafted from the uncooked materials extracted from the wooded area.