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Hydro Industry Shuts Out Critical Voices

Apiaká indigenous activist in BrazilPhoto: Brent Millikan The international hydropower industry is meeting in Ethiopia for their big Africa 2013...
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Amazon Tribe Threatens to Wage War Amid Row over Brazilian Dam Project

Munduruku leaders hit out at ‘betrayal’ after government pushes on with dam construction without community’s consent This article originally appeared...
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New Protest Paralyzes Brazil's Belo Monte Dam

Indigenous and riverbank communities occupy key work camp
 of Amazon megaproject

 Altamira, Brazil – Today some 150 protestors from four...
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Declaration of the Jericoa Community

Volta Grande do Xingu, 21 de março de 2013 A Norte Energia (NESA);CCBM; BNDES;FUNAI;Ministério Público Federal e Governo Federal Aos...
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Violence Against Women Rampant at Brazil's "Green" Dams

Women march in front of CCBM, the Belo Monte construction consortium, to demand an end to women trafficking and sexual...
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Human Trafficking and Prostitution Scandal Threatens Belo Monte Dam

Dam-building consortium questioned around project and sex slavery link Altamira, Brazil- Brazil’s Parliamentary Commission on Human Trafficking (CPI) announced yesterday...
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Jennifer Downey: The Madeira River

by Jennifer Downey In October of 2012, I stood on the bank of the Madeira River in Brazil and, shading...
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On NPR: Brazil Builds Monster Dams In The Amazon

On February 13, 2013, NPR’s All Things Considered aired a piece on current efforts to build the Jirau and other...
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Scientific Study Examines Impacts of Rapid Hydropower Expansion in Andean Amazon

Proliferation of Hydroelectric Dams in the Andean Amazon and Implications for Andes-Amazon Connectivity Hydroelectric Dams of the Andean AmazonMatt Finer...
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Power-Hungry Brazil Builds Dams, and More Dams, Across the Amazon

Construction activities are damming the Xingu river in the heart of the Amazon.Washington Post / Getty Images MUTUM PARANA, Brazil...