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Posts Tagged ‘Xingu’
Conservation, Politics, Sep 29th, 2011,
Today on Facebook, I’ve noticed a lot of posts with the picture of Chief Raoni, an indigenous Brazilian tribal leader, apparently crying after being informed of a decision by Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff to allow the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest. The Belo Monte hydroelectric dam would be the 3rd largest hydroelectric project of its kind in the world. Though touted – and not without reason – as a ‘green’ energy project (and big money maker), the environmental and human costs of the dam’s production would be significant. To construct the plant on the…
Tags: amazon, Belo Monte, Brazil, dam, hydroelectric, indigenous, Raoni, river, Xingu
Nature, Politics, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 19th, 2010,
Plans for the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon have experienced some recent setbacks in the form of back and forth legal action as well as controversy over indigenous rights and environmental issues. As of Friday, however, bids for construction contracts are again set to move forward on the previously planned date of April 20th. The Belo Monte dam project, set to be located on the Amazon’s Xingu River, will be the world’s third largest hydroelectric plant of its kind. It is part of a Brazilian government initiative to fuel economic expansion and recovery while mitigating…
Tags: amazon, Avatar, Belo Monte, Brazil, Brazilian, Cameron, dam, energy, government, hydroelectric, indigenous, James, native, project, river, Xingu
Climate Change, Green living, Nature, Feb 4th, 2010,
To the disappointment of environmental and indigenous rights groups, the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest has been green-lighted by the Brazilian environmental ministry. The Belo Monte dam project on the Amazon’s Xingu River will be the world’s third largest project of its kind. The hydroelectric dam is part of a government initiative to fuel economic expansion while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Yet many see the Belo Monte project as destructive – both to the fragile and valuable ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest and to its indigenous inhabitants’ way of life. Roberto Messias, head of Brazil’s…
Tags: amazon, Belo Monte, Brazil, Brazilian, construction, dam, environmental, government, Guardian, hydroelectric, indigenous, project, rainforest, river, Xingu
