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Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns

Giant hydroelectric dams being built or planned in remote areas of Brazil, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Peru and Guyana will devastate tribal communities by forcing people off their land or destroying hunting and fishing grounds, according to a report by Survival International today.

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Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns, by John Vidal, The Guardian, August 9, 2010 (The Guardian Online)

Serious damage: Tribal peoples and large dams, Survival International, August 9, 2010 (PDF, 1.71MB)


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