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60 per cent of Brazil’s energy comes from hydroelectric plants, but some, like the Balbina Dam, negatively impacted the environment. The Balbina Dam flooded around 930 miles of the Amazon rainforest, putting mammals, birds,...

Photo via Shutterstock Brazil has presented encouraging figures that suggest the government is finding some measure of success in efforts to drastically reduce rates of deforestation in the Amazon by 2020...