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  • The Juruna still keep a lof of their heritage alive, regularly practicing traditional singing and dancing. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Young indigenous Arara girl reading and writing. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • a tree with a field in front of it saying no parking in this place
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Overview of the region that will be affected. To construct Belo Monte, more earth will need to be moved than was to make the Panama Canal. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Medical supplies and facilities are poor or non existent in these remote communities. It can already take days for them to get to proper medical care, a dam would render this impossible.A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • Teenagers sitting on a fence looking over the city of Altamira in silhouette and the river in the background
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • This house shows the mark that the water will come up to in urban Altamira if the dam is built. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Antonia Melo, head of Xingu Vivo Para Siempre in Altamira, talking at a seminar against Belo Monte dam.
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • In the poor neighbourhoods of Altamira there is no rubbish collection, so the water is continually polluted. Locals fear that rather then improving the infrastructure, the dam would put further strain on the towns poor resources. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • Local boy swimming in the dirty water that trickles down from the Xingu, through various canals and into the palafita Brasilia neighbourhood, Altamira
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Workers houses being built. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous man with a bowl of butchered pig. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Local fishermen looking at some of the day's catch. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Water tower built by FUNAI on indigenous land. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Workmen drilling to survey the density of the ground on arroz cru, which will give them a better idea about the power needed for excavation. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • Residents get around the neighbourhood using a series of walkways and platforms over the river water. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
    _MG_5311_1_1.jpg
  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Amazonian deforestation for cattle farming
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  • Many of the houses in the Brasilia neighbourhood of Altamira get flooded from natural changes in the tide, when Belo Monte is built the whole area will be underwater, making thousands of people homeless.
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Male Brazilian journalist talking to Sheyla Juruana - leader of the tribe. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • For the indigenous communities, the river is a way of life, and something their whole existence stems from - washing, fishing, cooking, transport, without the Xingu all of these would be impossible. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Young indigenous Arara girl looking through some branches. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Young indigenous Brazilian gril with her pet white rabbit. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation
    _MG_8393_1_1.jpg
  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
    _MG_5465_1_1.jpg
  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
    _MG_5393_1_1.jpg
  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Indigenous occupation of Belo Monte dam construction site. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Conference with indigenous community leaders and Norte Energia who are building the Belo Monte dam. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • People of Belo Monte village are already considering their options. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation. At present, the Arara land is protected from development, sale or new residents as it has been their ancestral land for hundreds of years, this is now one of the key areas under threat
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  • Bowl of corn in the sun
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  • Indigenous Brazilian man sitting on a rack with a cigarette in his mouth. A third of Altamira in the state of Para, Brazil will be flooded to make way for the Belo Monte dam, nearly all the people affected are the poorest in society or indigenous communities that will have nowhere to go if they were made homeless, and the Government payoff for their properties is low therefore making it difficult to find new accomodation.
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