Brazil plans to build the third largest hydroelectric dam which will have devastating effects.\u00a0 Not only will it flood out over 300 acres of land, but it will displace thousands of inhabitants, most of whom are indigenous peoples.\u00a0 It will also destroy the wildlife habitats of land mammals and fish.\u00a0 The latest concerns center on the plants that will now lie at the bottom of the dam, rotting slowly and releasing the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n
This article points out the global ramifications of building this dam, but it does not focus on the plight on the indigenous peoples.\u00a0 In fact the article\u2019s rhetoric suggests that it might actually be a good thing for the inhabitants along the Xingu River to relocate because \u201cThe thousands of indigenous people and peasants who scratch a living out of the forest and the river will see their main source of drinking water and food dwindle.\u201d\u00a0 The writer doesn\u2019t take into account that what she perceives as poverty is a way of life for the Indigenous peoples:\u00a0 not only will their food, water, and transportation be threatened, but their culture, history, rituals, stories will be flooded out as well.<\/p>\n
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