The town of Altamira, on the Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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australfoto > Cars cross the the XIngu River on a ferry which connects the transamazon highway in Altamira in the Amazonian Brazilian state of Para. Business people in the region support plan to build a hydro electric station near the city, reasoning it will bring jobs to the region. Sceptics argue that flooding the region will impact the environment and that any energy from an eventual station will not even serve the region.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Ferry passengers wait for their boat to take them across the Xingu River to the "Terra do Meio" or Middle Lands, in the municipality of Sao Felix do Xingu in Brazil's Amazonian state of Para. Named for the area between the Xingu and Iriri Rivers, the 29,343 sq. mile area (slightly smaller than Maine or Scotland) lies in the path of progress as cattle ranches encroach from the east and big business soy advances from the south. illegal logging, labor, land-grabbing and human rights abuses in the area are not uncommon. Simple people, looking for opportunity to have some cheap land, are migrating to the reagion. Much Like the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, which were not officially included on city maps until the mid-1990s, the Middle Land is also a species of autonomous zone - a black hole of information and uncertainty over which Brazilian authorities in reality have little control. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > A ferry brings passengers and cargo across the Xingu River from the "Terra do Meio" or Middle Lands, in the municipality of Sao Felix do Xingu in Brazil's Amazonian state of Para.Named for the area between the Xingu and Iriri Rivers, the 29,343 sq. mile area (slightly smaller than Maine or Scotland) lies in the path of progress as cattle ranches encroach from the east and big business soy advances from the south. illegal logging, labor, land-grabbing and human rights abuses in the area are not uncommon. Simple people, looking for opportunity to have some cheap land, are migrating to the reagion. Much Like the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, which were not officially included on city maps until the mid-1990s, the Middle Land is also a species of autonomous zone - a black hole of information and uncertainty over which Brazilian authorities in reality have little control. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Ferry passengers cross the Xingu River to the "Terra do Meio" or Middle Lands, in the municipality of Sao Felix do Xingu in Brazil's Amazonian state of Para. Named for the area between the Xingu and Iriri Rivers, the 29,343 sq. mile area (slightly smaller than Maine or Scotland) lies in the path of progress as cattle ranches encroach from the east and big business soy advances from the south. illegal logging, labor, land-grabbing and human rights abuses in the area are not uncommon. Simple people, looking for opportunity to have some cheap land, are migrating to the reagion. Much Like the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, which were not officially included on city maps until the mid-1990s, the Middle Land is also a species of autonomous zone - a black hole of information and uncertainty over which Brazilian authorities in reality have little control. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > The Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > The town of Altamira, on the Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

The town of Altamira, on the Xingu (pronounced Shin-GOO) River in the Brazilian Amazonian state of Para, near the site where the controvesial Belo Monte Hydroelectric station is under construction. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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