The larger work in building of Brazil, the Belo Monte dam, received a billion dollars of financing from BNDES for the purchase of machinery and equipment. Of this total, 43.2% will be paid by taxpayers.

Folha de S.Paulo
The larger work in building of Brazil, the Belo Monte dam, received a billion dollars of financing from BNDES for the purchase of machinery and equipment. Of this total, 43.2% will be paid by taxpayers.
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) granted on Tuesday (24) the environmental license for the Belo Monte dam to begin operation in Para State.
The illegal timber in Peru overcomes to the rules and still gets to the American markets.
In charge of the Ministry of Environment in the first Lula government, Marina Silva had the plan ‘Sustainable BR-163’ as the main attempt to prevent deforestation caused by roads in the Amazon. Folha was the interior of Pará to check what happened to the plan.
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