Mining and Dams Threaten Brazil's Environmental Leadership (7 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Mining and Dams Threaten Brazil's Environmental Leadership (7 of 8)

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The Jirau Dam under construction on the Madeira River in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 7, 2014 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Ferreira at EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental in Belém, Brazil, and colleagues was titled, 'Brazil´s environmental leadership at risk.'

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[Credit: Nilo D'ávila]

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