Chris Michael – Guardian, 04/18/2012
Indigenous and environmental groups, among others, argue that Belo Monte will displace tens of thousands of river-dwellers and bring violence, social chaos and environmental destruction – including deforestation – to the Amazon state of Pará.
Photograph: Daniel Beltrá/Greenpeace
The controversial Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon has attracted widespread criticism, and new photographs reveal the extent to which dam construction and deforestation have already started
