The Brazilian authorities is establishing the Belo Monte mega-dam on the Xingu River within the Amazon.
The dam, if accomplished, would be the third largest on the planet and it’ll flood a big space of land, dry up sure components of the Xingu river, trigger enormous devastation to the rainforest and cut back fish shares upon which Indians within the space, together with Kayapó, Arara, Juruna, Araweté, Xikrin, Asurini and Parakanã Indians, rely for his or her survival.
The livelihoods of hundreds of tribal individuals who rely upon the forest and river for meals and water might be destroyed.
The inflow of immigrants to the world throughout the building of the dam threatens to introduce violence to the world and produce illnesses to those Indians, placing their lives in danger.
FUNAI has said that there could also be some uncontacted Indians close to the location of the dam. These uncontacted Indians are most in danger as they’ve little or no resistance to exterior illnesses, which might be deadly for them.
Kayapó Indians and different tribes of the world have been protesting in opposition to the dam because it was initially proposed within the Nineteen Eighties.
In a letter to President Lula, the Kayapó stated ‘We don’t need this dam to destroy the ecosystems and the biodiversity that we’ve taken care of for millenia and which we are able to nonetheless protect’.
The Indians say that they’ll oppose the dam in any respect prices, and that if building proceeds, the Xingu river will turn out to be a river of blood.
Brazil’s Public Prosecutor’s Workplace, alongside quite a few native and worldwide organisations, have referred to as for the license to be suspended, stating that the environmental influence research have been incomplete, and that the Indians and different individuals who can be affected weren’t correctly consulted.
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If the development of this dam continues, hundreds of individuals will lose their properties, their livelihoods, and their lives. Indigenous peoples want their land in an effort to survive and, having lived there for hundreds of years, they’ve a deep, religious hyperlink to it.
No quantity of compensation or mitigation measures can exchange their ancestral land.
Write a letter in help of the Indians. From Survival’s web site
About Brazil’s Madeira River dams Extra about Brazilian Indians Information: Kayapó set to combat huge dam undertaking Information: Amazon mega dam delayed following protests Information: Brazil grants license for controversial Amazon mega-dam Severe Injury, Survival’s report concerning the impacts of dams on tribal individuals
From the net
Battle for the Xingu movie 
Worldwide Rivers Amazon Watch Buddies of the Earth, Brazilian Amazon (Portuguese) Motion of Dam Affected Folks Latin American Bureau article – ‘Indians threaten ’river of blood’’ Brazilian activist Telma Monteiro (Portuguese) Instituto Socioambiental (Portuguese) 
Indigenous peoples’ letter in opposition to the Belo Monte dam Letter from Indian chief Megaron Txucarramãe Consultants evaluation of Belo Monte Xingu Vivo para Sempre – marketing campaign leaflet (Portuguese) Letter to UN (Portuguese) NGOs’ letter to Brazilian President Lula Indians’ letter to NGOs Indians’ letter to Indian chief Aritâna Letter from Indian chief Aritâna to President Lula Belo Monte’s Avatar – Miriam Leitão, O Globo Open letter from Indigenous peoples about Belo Monte (Portuguese) Indians’ Declaration in opposition to Belo Monte NGOs’ letter to Pará state authorities Newspaper article: ‘Belo Monte será ’uma vergonha’?’ (Portuguese) Manifesto contra Belo Monte, agosto 2010 (Portuguese)
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