The XIngu River 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)
A boat crosses the XIngu River 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)
The transamazon highway meets the XIngu River 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)
