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Amazon’s Wildlife Threatened By Hydropower Dams, Study Says [1]

As countries build more hydropower projects, new research warns that massive dams pose an extinction threat to mammals, birds and tortoises—at least in the Amazon.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2015
National Geographic News [2]
Tags:
Dams/ Irrigation [3], Hydroelectricity [4], Biodiversity [5], Wildlife [6], Amazon [7], Mammals [8], Birds [9], Hunting [10], Brazil [11]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/national-geographic-news
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams-irrigation
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydroelectricity
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mammals
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hunting
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil