National Indigenous Foundation (Funai) presented documents that “point to the infeasibility of the project from the perspective of the indigenous component and recommend the suspension of the environmental licensing process.”
Ibama suspended license for hydroelectric plant in Tapajos river due to its impact on indigenous
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