Construction of a canal for the Belo Monte Dam project, near Altamira. The Belo Monte Dam will be the third largest in the world, submerging 400,000 hectares and displacing 20,000 people. The controversial hydropower plant is being built in the Xingu River. For 20 years indigenous groups, rural communities and environmentalists have fought against the construction. President Dilma authorized the building after a highly controversial and disrespectful licensing process. Greenpeace flew over the area where the dam will be built to expose the increase of deforestation in the region. The aerial images expose the massive construction and considerable environmental destruction that has not yet been documented visually; this is one of the first compelling images to be circulated of the impacts of the construction.