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The weight of these socioenvironmental impacts is distributed in an extremely unequal manner. The majority of the benefits derived from the construction of megadevelopment projects accrue to economic and political actors external to Amazonia, such as large multinational corporations, the administrative apparatus of national governments and financial institutions. The majority of negative impacts of these same mega-development projects are borne by indigenous peoples, who suffer from the invasion of their territories, and local communities, which suffer from the proliferation of serious social and health problems. Read more here: theguardian/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2014/may/06/more-400-dams-amazon-headwaters
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 08:00:01 +0000

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