Why you still need to give a dam about Belo Monte Aerial

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Construction of a canal at Belo Monte © Daniel Beltrá/ Greenpeace

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Road over the Xingu river © Mario Tama/ Getty Images

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

The Belo Monte construction site © Mario Tama/ Getty Images

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

A cut down tree at the Belo Monte construction site © Mario Tama/ Getty Images

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Orange soil replaces the green canopy of the Amazon rainforest © Daniel Beltrá/ Greenpeace

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Aerial photographs of the Belo Monte construction site from 2013 © Daniel Beltrá/ Greenpeace

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Altering of the Amazon landscape © Daniel Beltrá/ Greenpeace

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Deforestation at Belo Monte © Daniel Beltrá/ Greenpeace

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

Devastation at the Belo Monte dam construction site

2 july 2015,

by Editorial staff