Dams on Brazil’s Jamanxim River: The advancing assault on the environment and indigenous peoples in the Tapajós basin (commentary)

Mongabay
Mar 29, 2022, 7:11 pm488 ptsHotTop
Brazil’s Amazon dam plans have been slowed down over the past decade due to realization by the country’s electrical authorities that obtaining environmental licenses would be difficult when indigenous peoples are impacted, despite the government’s success in forcing approval of dams such as Belo Monte.…

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