New Study Shows Dam in Brazil Amazon Would Be Social and Ecological Disaster

One of the most alarming impacts identified by the specialists is that Belo Monte Dam would require diverting more than 80% of the flow of the Xingu, with impacts to fish, forests and navigation along a 100-km stretch of the river inhabited by indigenous communities.

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[Photograph by: Ultimate Journey]