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BBC: Brazil grants building permit for Belo Monte Amazon dam
BBC's Paulo Cabral says nine other dams are also planned for the Amazon
Brazil's environment agency has backed construction of a hydro-electric dam in the Amazon, opposed by indigenous groups and environmentalists.
The agency, Ibama, said the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River had been subjected to "robust analysis" of its impact on the environment.
The government says the dam is key to meeting Brazil's growing energy needs.
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Brazil approves Amazon dam build
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 1st, 2011
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