Amazon dams: No clean water, fish dying, then the pandemic came

Mongabay
Jun 23, 2021, 6:27 am123 pts
The waters of the Teles Pires River once ran so clear that Indigenous riverine villagers could fish with bow and arrow, just as their Amazonian ancestors did, and also drink safely directly from the stream, say the Apiaká, Kayabi and Munduruku peoples. Then came the Teles Pires dam, constructed from 2011-2014,…

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