Indigenous Brazilians at a meeting to demand consultation on the Belo Monte dam that would affect their communities (Photo courtesy Amazon Watch) BRASILIA, Brazil, August 16, 2012 (ENS) – A halt to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Response of the Arara People to the Norte Energia letter. Letter from the Arara People to the World We the Arara Indigenous People of the Iriri ...

Proud, Wonderful People! Soon, there will be 60 Dams in their Amazon Rainforest home, including the third largest in the World, Belo Monte, ....unless WE stop this from happening! PLEASE, BECOME ...

BRASILIA, Brazil, April 20, 2010 (ENS) – Today’s bidding for electricity generated by Brazil’s planned Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon rainforest has been marked by protests and legal confusion. A court ...

A June 17th judicial decision suspends the permission granted on February 8th by Brazil’s environmental agency to allow even more water to be diverted from the Xingu River. Even without the additional ...

Belo Monte Dam, on the Xingu River in Brazil. Photo courtesy of Bruno Batista/ VPR via Creative Commons license Belo Monte Dam, on the Xingu River in Brazil. Photo courtesy of Bruno Batista/ VPR via ...

Belo Monte Scars Upon Mother Earth.. For nearly 30 years, Chief Raoni has fought tirelessly to stop The Belo Monte Dam being built in his beloved Amazon Rainforest. Tragically, this is now starting to ...

The Volta Grande region of the Amazon is a lush, fertile zone supplied by the Xingu River, whose biodiverse lagoons and islands have earned its designation as a priority conservation area by Brazil's ...

The Xingu River is revered as the “house of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential to their culture and religion, and ...

Brazil's environmental agency has ordered the operators of the Belo Monte hydro dam to increase the outflow into the Xingu River this month due to environmental and local community concerns, a ...

NEAR ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL - JUNE 15: A felled tree lies in the construction site of the Belo Monte dam complex in the Amazon basin on June 15, 2012 near Altamira, Brazil. Belo Monte will be the world’s ...