The New York Times | VOLTA GRANDE DO XINGU, Brazil – They came from the far reaches of the Amazon, traveling in small boats and canoes for up to three days to discuss their fate.
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James Cameron visits the Xingu River in Brazil with Amazon Watch
BROLL from Amazon Watch and James Cameron visiting communities that would be affected by the Belo Monte Dam Project in the Brazilian Amazon.
Civil Society Groups File Official Complaint on Belo Monte Dam with United Nations
International Rivers | UN Special Rapporteurs Asked to Investigate Irregularities in Project ApprovalA document delivered to the United Nations last Thursday, April 1, claims that flaws in the environmental licensing process for the controversial Belo Monte Dam in Brazil were overlooked due to polit
Avatar Director James Cameron Returns from a Visit to Belo Monte Dam Site on the Xingu River
Cameron Urges the Lula Government to Reconsider the Dam Project in Favor of Alternatives Press Conference at Hotel Tropical on Wednesday, March 31, at 10 am Photos and Broadcast Quality Footage of Xingu Visit Available Upon Request
Watch a video of James Cameron's visit hereDownload high-resolution photos hereManaus, Brazil – James Cameron, Director of
The Xingu and its People
For hundreds of years, the Xingu River basin has been home to a cross-section of Brazilian life, made up of rural and urban communities. The region reveals a diverse conglomeration of people, with varying levels of multilingualism and acculturation to the Brazilian mainstream.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Cameron Travels to the Xingu River
James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and Joel David Moore travel with members of Amazon Watch to the Xingu River basin.
BNDES Will Be Notified About Its Co-Responsibility for Impacts of the Belo Monte Dam
Amazônia | An extrajudicial notice will be delivered to the bank's headquarters in Rio de Janeiro at 11 am this Wednesday.The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), which has already set out to become the largest funder of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River in Altamira (PA), will be notified of it's co-responsibilit
Indigenous Communities Protest the Belo Monte Dam
Amazonia.org.br | Indigenous leaders from more than 15 ethnic groups living in the Xingu River Basin (PA) promise to protest the Belo Monte dam on the 5th of April. According to the São Paulo newspaper O Estado, indigenous groups are worried about the rapidly approaching date of the auction due to take place on April 20th.
Government License for Belo Monte Dam Provokes International Outcry
Letter to President Lula Demands Cancellation of Massive Hydroelectric Project
Today, a coalition of 140 international organizations sent a letter to Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to demand that he immediately halt plans to build Belo Monte Dam on the Amazon's Xingu River due to its immense social and environmental impacts, and instead consider alternatives.
President of Brazilian Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES) disregards resistance to Belo Monte dam and grants its financing
Rede Brazil | Despite vehement opposition against the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River from indigenous communities and local social movements; despite numerous warnings from scientists about the severe environmental impacts the dam will bring to the region; despite specialists from the Brazilian Environme
International outcry as Brazilian government grants license for construction of dam on Xingu River
MediaGlobal | On 1 February, the Brazilian government announced it had given the go-ahead for the construction of a new dam on the Xingu River in the northern state of Pará.
Brazilian Government Shoves Belo Monte Down Our Throats Ahead of Campaign Season
Brazil's Xingu River, its indigenous and traditional inhabitants, and the immense stretches of intact Amazon rainforest that it traverses, are under threat.
From the Xingu Alive Forever Movement: a letter of denouncement and indignation against the approval of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam's provisional license.
This letter was issued by the civil society organization Xingu Alive Forever Movement (Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre) strongly denouncing the approval of the provisional license for the Belo Monte mega-dam on the Xingu River.
Fury as giant Belo Monte Amazon rainforest dam is approved by Brazil
Times Online UK | Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year protest by indigenous and environmental campaigners who say that the project will devastate the surrounding rainforest and threaten the survival of local tribes.The Belo Monte project on the Xin
Destructive Belo Monte Dam Gets Green Light in Brazil
BBC | This interview with Amazon Watch Brazil Program Coordinator Christian Poirier was aired on the BBC 5 radio program Up All Night with Rod Sharpe.
Global Concern Mounts Over Brazilian Government's Licensing of the Destructive Belo Monte Dam
The World's Third Largest Dam Is Expected to Devastate Vast Area of Amazon Rainforest
Brasilia, Brazil – A coalition of environmentalists, indigenous people, and social movements in Brazil condemned the news that an environmental license was issued yesterday by the Brazilian environmental agency (IBAMA) for the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam.
BNDES Called to Account for Projects
Recharge Magazine | Latin American communities and organisations want Brazil's national development bank, BNDES, to stop sponsoring 'destructive' renewables projects.Plataforma BNDES, a coalition of nearly 30 representatives from Brazilian social movements and non-governmental organisations, is pressing the bank to operate tr
GDF Suez and the destruction of Brazil's Madeira River
The Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon is under threat due to the construction of the Jirau dam by the French multinational corporation GDF Suez.
French Multinational GDF Suez Criticized for Lead Role in Building the Controversial Madeira Dam in the Brazilian Amazon
GDF Suez Nominated for Most Environmentally Irresponsible Company in the 2010 "Public Eye Awards"
This week, a coalition of civil society organizations from Brazil, France, the United States and Peru sent a letter to Mr.
Letter to GDF Suez Protesting the Company's Destructive Role in the Madeira River Complex
The following letter was sent by a coalition of civil society organizations from Brazil, France, the United States and Peru to Mr.
GDF Suez is nominated for a "prize" for its disrespect to the environment linked to the Jirau dam
Folha Online | Translated by Katherine NeedlesSee original article in Portuguese below.The French-Belgian company GDF Suez, participating in the construction of the Jirau dam on the Madeira River in Rondônia, has been nominated for a kind of "international prize" for irresponsible environmental behavior.
Battle for the Xingu
Iara Lee / Cultures of Resistance | Imagine if Hurricane Katrina was not a hurricane at all, but an event sponsored by the federal government, in collaboration with several multinational corporations. If your imagination fails you, then perhaps you'll get a clearer picture by learning about the people of the Xingu River.
BNDES: Brazil's powerhouse bank
Al Jazeera English | With his slicked-back hair, neatly trimmed, close-cropped beard, and impeccably pressed suits, Luciano Coutinho looks like any other obscure Brazilian banker.But he is anything but an average banking man.Coutinho is the president of the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social - Brazil's national de
Brazil Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists
Interpress Service (IPS) | RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (IPS) - Public money in Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate wealth, and encourage "imperialist" expansion of large national companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting in this southeastern city.
Letter from Peoples Affected by Brazil's Development Bank
The following letter came out of a three-day meeting organized by the Plataforma BNDES, a group of Brazilian and South American civil society organizations and social movements pushing to reform Brazil's Development Bank (BNDES) from a highly questionable and destr
Looking ahead, Brazil's farmers take up reforestation
The Washington Post | LUCAS DO RIO VERDE, BRAZIL – For nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland.Now, he and hundreds of other successful farmers are replanting trees as part of an ambitious initiative to
Civil Society Holds the First Meeting of Peoples Affected by BNDES Financed Projects
Plataforma BNDES | November 11, 2009 - From the 23rd to the 25th of November, the Plataforma BNDES, a representative body of more than thirty organizations, social movements and networks from Brazilian civil society, will be hosting the first annual 'Meeting of Populations Affected by BNDES Financed Projects' at the Circo Voador in Rio de Janei
Meeting of Peoples Affected by Financing from Brazil's Development Bank (BNDES)
Photos from a November gathering of Brazilian and other South American community representatives negatively affected by projects financed by BNDES.
Declaration to Reform Brazil's National Development Bank
The following declaration, entitled "Towards a Democratic BNDES," is authored by a group of Brazilian civil society organizations and social movements, called the "Plataforma BNDES".
