Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Belo-Monte-Dam-Construction-in-Para-State-27MZIFVZYD7C.htmlConceptually similarBelo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04WZKCompleted★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04WZLCompleted★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04WZNCompleted★★★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04WZPCompleted★★★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04WZVCompleted★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04X06Completed★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04X08Completed★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04X0PCompleted★★★★Belo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateGP04X0SCompleted★★★★View AllGP04X1KBelo Monte Dam Construction in Para StateAerial view of the Belo Monte Dam construction site. Belo Monte is a controversial hydropower plant that is being built in the Xingu River, one of the largest rivers in the Amazon basin. For 20 years indigenous groups, rural communities and environmentalists have fought against the construction.Locations:Amazon-Brazil-Pará-South AmericaDate:18 Sep, 2013Credit:© Daniel Beltrá / GreenpeaceMaximum size:7360px X 4912pxKeywords:Aerial view-Belo Monte Dam-Construction-Construction sites-Day-Deforestation-Destruction-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-TrucksShoot:Pará State Aerial DocumentationAerial photographs taken on several flights to document deforestation and forest beauty throughout the northern area of Pará State, Brazil. Includes construction of the controversial Belo Monte Dam project, and areas where three large dams are also to be built on the Tapajos River. In addition, Greenpeace is in the area to witness the "Cachoeira Seca" (Dry Waterfall) Indigenous land, where illegal logging and land grabbing has been occurring.Related Collections:Damning the Amazon (Report & Photos)
