Mongabay: A high federal court in Brazil has ruled that work on the Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon be immediately suspended. Finding that the government failed to properly consult indigenous people on the dam, the ruling is the latest in innumerable twists and turns regarding the massive dam, which was first conceived in the 1970s, and has been widely criticized for its impact on tribal groups in the region and the Amazon environment. In addition the Regional Federal Tribunal (TRF1) found that Brazil's......
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Belo Monte mega-dam halted again by high Brazilian court, appeal likely but difficult
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 15th, 2012
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