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Dams threaten future of Amazonian biodiversity major new study warns [1]

River dolphins, giant otters, turtles, fish, birds and monkeys are all at risk if 246 Amazon dams go forward — mostly in the Tapajós basin and Andes headwaters.

Publication Date: 
07/06/2016
Mongabay [2]
Tags:
Biodiversity [3], Dams [4], Amazon [5], Ecosystems [6], Freshwater Ecosystems [7], Rivers [8], Turtles [9], Dolphin [10], Ecology [11]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/dams-threaten-future-amazonian-biodiversity-major-new-study-warns
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/mongabay
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dams
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystems
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/freshwater-ecosystems
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/turtles
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dolphin
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology