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Recently we asked the international community to take action by urging the Brazilian environmental agency IBAMA to reject the dam-building consortium Norte Energia's request for Belo Monte's operational license. In a stunning victory for social and environmental accountability – and thanks in part to the many thousands of you that took action – it worked! Yesterday's decision by IBAMA effectively paralyzes the mega-project as a result of its egregious legal violations, while sparing the region and the city of Altamira devastating flooding, at least for now.
It's been over five years since the first license was granted for Belo Monte. Despite countless setbacks in the battle to protect this precious region, yesterday's decision is a victory of justice, which should be celebrated by all.
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