The importance of cultural aspects in impact assessment and project development: reflections from a case study of a hydroelectric dam in Brazil

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Figure 1. The Lajeado Dam and the neighboring Indigenous lands.

Figure 2. A timeline of events relating to the Lajeado Dam and Procambix (based on Araújo 2003 and Cordeiro 2009).

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