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Mongabay: The approval of the hydro-electric Belo Monte Dam from the Brazilian environmental agency, IBAMA, has raised condemnations from environmentalists and indigenous groups. The dam will divert the flow of the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon River, which runs through the Amazon in northeast Brazil. According to critics the dam will destroy vast areas of pristine rainforest, disrupt sensitive ecosystems, and relocate 12,000 people. "The government is trying to steamroll this project, ......
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Environmentalists and indigenous groups decry approval of massive dam in Amazon
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 2nd, 2010
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