Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Brazilian Judge Halts Belo Monte Dam Project Over Lack of Consultation
Yale Environment 360: A Brazilian judge has ordered a suspension of the controversial Belo Monte dam project, saying that local indigenous people who will be affected by the massive hydroelectric project were not sufficiently consulted during the environmental assessment process. In a ruling issued Tuesday, Judge Souza Prudente of the Federal Tribunal of Brazil's Amazon region found that no consultations were held with local communities before Congress approved what would be the world's third-largest dam project. The...
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