The Brazilian Government has agreed to build a major Hydroelectric Dam on one of the main tributary rivers to the Amazon. The dam will provide jobs, provide energy from an abundant renewable resource and help in the development of the country improving th lives of milions of people.
On the other hand, the Dam will damage the local envirnonent and ecosystem, killing many species of animals and plants. As well as forcing 50,000 indigenous 'local' people from their homes, livelhoods and communties-forcing them to migrate to the major cities.
Read the following article:
BBC News - Brazil government gives go-ahead for huge Amazon dam
What do you think? Do you agree that the dam should be built or not? Leave a comment below on what you think?
Would it better for the country if the dam was built, providing jobs and helping develop the country?
or, Would it be if the dam was not built saving the local environment and stopping thousands of people migating to the shanty towns of the major cities?
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