Brazil wants to build 47 dams on the Tapajós river to transport soy beans from deforested plantations.

This would release a large amount of CO2.

It would also legitimize the deforestation, which was probably illegal in the first place.

Keeping transport difficult could be the first step in eliminating those plantations and allowing the forest to return — if it isn't too late.

Hydroelectric dams do not use fossil fuel, but they do release a lot of CO2 from decaying vegetation each year.

Growing crops to feed animals is overstrainimg Earth's resources.

If we stopped growing soy beans to feed animals, there would ne no need for soy plantations in the Tapajós basin.