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Brazilian bank approves $10.8 billion loan for controversial Amazon rainforest dam

Mongabay
30 November 2012 at 0:00 (Updated on 14 September 2020 at 11:21)

Brazil’s National Development Bank announced it has approved a $10.8 billion loan to the consortium that is building the Belo Monte dam.

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