Brazil Government Gives Go-Ahead For Huge Amazon Dam

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 8, August 2010

 

After several failed legal challenges, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed the contract for the Belo Monte dam with the Norte Energia consortium.

 

Critics say the project will damage the local ecosystem and make homeless 50,000 mainly indigenous people. Read the full report here.

 

Source: BBC News, UK.

 

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