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Brazil set to blast 35 km river rock formation for new Amazon shipping route (news.mongabay.com)
submitted 6 days ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/environment@beehaw.org
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  • The Brazilian environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a license to blast a natural rock barrier on the Tocantins River in Pará state to enable boats to pass during the dry season, as part of wider efforts to build a massive waterway for commodities.
  • Federal prosecutors requested the suspension of the license due to missing studies and other issues.
  • A federal court stated that the proposed blasting will have a limited and controlled impact, asserting there are no Indigenous, Quilombola (Afro-Brazilian) or riverine communities living in that section of the Tocantins River — a claim that advocates say is inaccurate.
  • Rock removal will impact endangered fish, Amazon turtles and the Araguaia river dolphin, which is found only in this region and feeds on fish that spawn in Pedral do Lourenço.
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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago

RIP dolphins