Potential Andean Amazon dam site at Maranon (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Potential Andean Amazon dam site at Maranon

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A study found that six planned or potential Andean dams on the Amazon river system has found that major negative ecological impacts can be expected both above the dams and throughout the lowland floodplains and the Amazon Delta.

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Ian Bell

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