Ribeirinhos win right to waterside Amazon homeland lost to Belo Monte dam

Mongabay
Dec 22, 2020, 8:11 am180 pts
The Pimental dam and reservoir, part of the Belo Monte hydroelectric project. Belo Monte’s reservoirs drowned the traditional lands of the ribeirinhos. Image courtesy of Palácio do Planalto on Visual hunt / CC BY. The Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, Brazil’s largest infrastructure project in recent decades,…

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Ribeirinhos win right to waterside Amazon homeland lost to Belo Monte dam

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