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    The Madeira River Complex, Brazil and Bolivia

    July 2009 | Christian Poirier | Photo Gallery

    Photos from an Amazon Watch trip through the Madeira River basin to bring back stories of anguish and hope in the fight to stop the construction of two mega-hydroelectric dams on the Amazon’s principal tributary.

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