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The massive $17bn usd Belo Monte dam has finally been approved for construction in western Para state on the Xingu river in the Amazon rainforest.
Indigena and environmentalists have long protested building what will be the third largest dam in the world.
The dam will provide 11,200 megawatts or about 11% of the power produced in Brasil.
An area of 516 square kms/198 square miles/ on the Xingu river will be flooded and displace 20,000 - 40,000 people.
