Tag: Xingu river

• Monday, January 8th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazil announces end of building big hydroelectric dams in Amazon basin

  

  In a surprise move, the Brazilian government has announced that the era of building big hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin, long criticized by environmentalists and indigenous groups, is ending.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:46 UTC

  Brazil indigenous peoples clash with farmers and dams builders: demand respect for ancestral lands

  

  Lawmakers from the Brazilian farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul asked President Dilma Rousseff's government to send troops to end land invasions by Indigenous people claiming their ancestral territory.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 06:10 UTC

  Brazilian court orders resumption of work at controversial dam in the Amazon

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court has approved the resumption of work on the controversial 13 billion dollars Belo Monte dam in the Amazon, which was stopped earlier this month after protests from indigenous groups.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2012 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazilian court listens to natives claims and suspends work on Belo Monte dam

  

  A Brazilian federal court has ordered the immediate suspension of work on the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, ruling that indigenous communities were not consulted. It was set to be the world's third-largest dam.