Gold at what cost? Another megaproject threatens biodiversity in the Amazon
The Xingu River, located in northern Brazil, is already under the impacts of one of the most harmful projects in the history of the Amazon – the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. A new megaproject called the ‘Volta Grande Project’, led by Canadian gold mining company Belo Sun will be situated adjacent t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064417300342 |
