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Forest loss increased annually for 25 yrs at oldest Amazon mega-dam

2016-01-14 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Researchers examining changes in forest cover encircling the Amazons oldest mega-dam have found that hundreds of square kilometers of forest have been lost each year of the dams 25-year history. The study, published in Applied Geography late in 2015, was undertaken by an international team from the US, Brazil, and the Netherlands. They describe the Tucuruí dam, constructed in the 1980s, as an ideal case for understanding the long-term impact of mega-dams on rainforest loss. Great rivers across...

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