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The Brazilian authorities is developing the Belo Monte mega-dam on the Xingu River within the Amazon.<\/p>\n
The dam, if accomplished, would be the third largest on this planet and it’ll flood a big space of land, dry up sure elements of the Xingu river, trigger large devastation to the rainforest and cut back fish shares upon which Indians within the space, together with Kayap\u00f3, Arara, Juruna, Arawet\u00e9, Xikrin, Asurini and Parakan\u00e3 Indians, rely for his or her survival.<\/p>\n The livelihoods of 1000’s of tribal individuals who rely upon the forest and river for meals and water could possibly be destroyed.<\/p>\n The inflow of immigrants to the world throughout the building of the dam threatens to introduce violence to the world and produce ailments to those Indians, placing their lives in danger.<\/p>\n FUNAI<\/span> 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 outdoors ailments, which could possibly be deadly for them.<\/p>\n Kayap\u00f3 Indians and different tribes of the world have been protesting towards the dam because it was initially proposed within the Nineteen Eighties.<\/p>\n In a letter to President Lula, the Kayap\u00f3 mentioned \u2018We don\u2019t need this dam to destroy the ecosystems and the biodiversity that we now have taken care of for millenia and which we will nonetheless protect\u2019.<\/p>\n The Indians say that they are going to oppose the dam in any respect prices, and that if building proceeds, the Xingu river will turn out to be a river of blood.<\/p>\n Brazil\u2019s Public Prosecutor\u2019s 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 might be affected weren’t correctly consulted.<\/p>\n Liquid error: inner<\/p>\n If the development of this dam continues, 1000’s of individuals will lose their houses, their livelihoods, and their lives. Indigenous peoples want their land with the intention to survive and, having lived there for hundreds of years, they’ve a deep, non secular hyperlink to it.<\/p>\n No quantity of compensation or mitigation measures can change their ancestral land.<\/p>\n Write a letter in help of the Indians. From Survival\u2019s web site<\/p>\n Our superb community of supporters and activists have performed a pivotal function in all the things we\u2019ve achieved over the previous 50 years. Enroll now for updates and actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This web page was created in 2019 and will include language which is now outdated. 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About Brazil\u2019s Madeira River dams<\/strong> Extra about Brazilian Indians<\/strong> Information: Kayap\u00f3 set to struggle huge dam challenge<\/strong> Information: Amazon mega dam delayed following protests<\/strong> Information: Brazil grants license for controversial Amazon mega-dam<\/strong> Critical Injury<\/em>, Survival\u2019s report in regards to the impacts of dams on tribal folks<\/strong><\/p>\nFrom the online<\/h2>\n
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Worldwide Rivers<\/strong> Amazon Watch<\/strong> Pals of the Earth, Brazilian Amazon (Portuguese)<\/strong> Motion of Dam Affected Individuals<\/strong> Latin American Bureau article \u2013 \u2018Indians threaten \u2019river of blood\u2019\u2019<\/strong> Brazilian activist Telma Monteiro (Portuguese)<\/strong> Instituto Socioambiental (Portuguese)<\/strong> ![\"*\"](\"https:\/\/assets.survivalinternational.org\/static\/lib\/img\/structure\/icon_pdf_16x16.png\"){kind=icon}
Indigenous peoples\u2019 letter towards the Belo Monte dam<\/strong> Letter from Indian chief Megaron Txucarram\u00e3e<\/strong> Consultants evaluation of Belo Monte<\/strong> Xingu Vivo para Sempre \u2013 marketing campaign leaflet (Portuguese)<\/strong> Letter to UN (Portuguese)<\/strong> NGOs\u2019 letter to Brazilian President Lula<\/strong> Indians\u2019 letter to NGOs<\/strong> Indians\u2019 letter to Indian chief Arit\u00e2na<\/strong> Letter from Indian chief Arit\u00e2na to President Lula<\/strong> Belo Monte\u2019s Avatar \u2013 Miriam Leit\u00e3o, O Globo<\/strong> Open letter from Indigenous peoples about Belo Monte (Portuguese)<\/strong> Indians\u2019 Declaration towards Belo Monte<\/strong> NGOs\u2019 letter to Par\u00e1 state authorities<\/strong> Newspaper article: \u2018Belo Monte ser\u00e1 \u2019uma vergonha\u2019?\u2019 (Portuguese)<\/strong> Manifesto contra Belo Monte, agosto 2010 (Portuguese)<\/strong><\/p>\nSignal as much as the mailing listing<\/h3>\n