By the photographer Phil Clarke-Hill
The 19 January 2012
The construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Amazonian state of Para, Brazil has been a contested issue for over 20 years.
Its is due to be the third largest hydroelectric project in the world, requiring more earth to be moved for its construction than that to build the Panama Canal. It will product over 80% of its electricity of country, but indigenous and urban communities still oppose to this construction.
Index term:
Brazil / Belo Monte Dam / South America
/ Architecture / Renewable energy
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