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Brazil: Again, Court Ruling Halts Giant Amazon Dam [1]

A Brazilian judge has suspended work on a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon jungle, saying it would harm fishing on the Xingu River.

Publication Date: 
30/09/2011
New York Times (New York) [2]
Tags:
Brazil [3], Dams [4], Hydroelectricity [5], Amazon [6], Forests [7], Fisheries [8], Ecosystems [9]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fisheries
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems