Save Indigenous Amazon Communities
The proposed Belo Monte Dam would be one of the largest, most devastating infrastructure projects ever built in the Amazon.
The dam would divert the flow of the Xingu River and flood over thousands of acres of rainforest, displacing more than 40,000 people and threatening the survival of indigenous communities.
On August 26, the Brazilian government signed the concession to build the Belo Monte Dam, despite concerns over its financial viability, growing resistance amongst indigenous groups and social movements, and predictions of technical experts that the dam will be one of the worst engineering projects in Brazil's history.
Construction is imminent; This is a crucial time speak out against the Belo Monte Dam. Urge the Brazilian government to stop the monstrous Belo Monte Dam Complex.
I am deeply concerned about your plans to build the Belo Monte Dam Complex on the Xingu River in the Amazon rainforest, in violation of the human rights of Indigenous people and other threatened populations.
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I support the demands of Brazilian civil society and urge you to defend the Amazon and its people and stop the Belo Monte Dam Complex."
