The Brazilian government is about to decide whether to construct Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, a massive project that would become the world's 3rd largest hydroelectric dam.
As any large scale engineering project that is going to alter the natural environment and uproot indigenous and riverbank communities en masse, there is a lot of controversy swirling around the proposition.
Last week, Avatar director James Cameron released his new film, "A Message from Pandora," a short film spotlighting the ecological, social and financial costs of this behemoth and the battle that is being waged to stop it. Here's a short preview:
Sign the petition to stop the Belo Monte dam and save the Amazon rainforest.
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