Email Video |
| Embed Video:
May. 25 - Plans to build a hydro-electric plant on one of Brazil's Amazonian rivers has sparked an angry reaction from environmentalists and tribal Indians.
After a week of debates over the proposed project on the Xingu river opponents say the dam will flood the homes of 16,000 people, dry up rivers, and fuel logging. The Belo Monte dam, is being planned by the state power company Eletrobras. It would be the third largest hydroelectric power plant in the world.
Sonia Legg reports.
Soundbites:
© Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.
