Tag: Tocantins River
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Brazilian Resistance: Pushing Back on Plans to Explode a River for Soybean Roar
Ahead of COP30, a river under threat As nations gather to map a climate-conscious future at COP30, a grassroots struggle in Brazil exposes a clash between agricultural expansion and riverine life. In the Tocantins River basin, communities warn that blasting a section of the river to open new land for soybeans could irreparably alter ecosystems,…
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Tocantins River Dam Plan Faces Brazilian Resistance at COP30
As COP30 looms, local Brazilians push back against a controversial river project On the Tocantins River, a quiet but determined debate about the fate of a vast waterway is heating up just as international climate talks, COP30, approach. In communities along Brazil’s vast midsection, residents, fishers, and smallholders are mobilizing to halt a plan that…