Next year, bidding will start for the next megadam an 8,000-megawatt plant at São
Luiz on the Tapajós River, despite opposition from
the Mundruku tribe, whose lands
are likely to be partly submerged.
How does the information about another megadam develop the author's ideas in the text?
It minimizes the impact of the Belo Monte dam in contrast to the dam being planned on
the Tapajós River.
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It illustrates that resistance meth
te dam have weakened support
for future dam projects.
It supports the idea that the Belo Monte dam is part of a larger trend in a government
shift to hydroelectric power.
It suggests that the Mundruku tribe has aligned itself with the Juruna tribe to protest
the construction of the Belo Monte dam.