Take action! Stand in solidarity with the people of Brazil's Xingu

The Brazilian government is planning to build what would be the world´s third largest dam on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon. The Belo Monte Dam, meant principally to fuel the expansion of aluminum foundries and other industrial plants in the Amazon, would require diverting nearly the entire flow of the Xingu, drying up the “Big Bend” of the Xingu and its tributary, the Bacaja, home to hundreds of indigenous people. Native people upstream would also be affected by the dam's impacts on fish stocks, their principal food source.

In May, one thousand indigenous people and their allies gathered in the town of Altamira, on the Xingu River, to protest the plans for Belo Monte and other dams on the Xingu. The resolved to "not accept the construction of dams, large or small, on the Xingu and its tributaries.”

Please tell Brazil´s President Lula and other decision-makers in the Brazilian government that you support the position of indigenous peoples of the rainforest - that Brazil has better ways of providing its future energy needs than destroying the mighty Xingu River.

You can write to the Dilma Rousseff, President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff and Carlos Minc Baumfeld, the new Minister of the Environment by filling out the form below. You can also reach President Lula da Silva's office by clicking here. Please note that after you fill out the form on President Lula da Silva's website, you'll receive an email asking you to confirm the email that you sent.