The vast Cerrado of Brazil is the oldest and most diverse savanna in the world, and a priceless carbon sink. But agribusiness has already destroyed 50% of the natural vegetation and poisoned the lives of its communities.
The oldest hydropower facility in the Brazilian Amazon is the Tucuruí D&R complex (8.4 GW) on the lower Tocantins River, about 200 kilometers south of its confluence with the Amazon River delta. The dam and power plant were built between 1976 and 1984, and its capacity was doubled in 2007; current plans call for capacity […]
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