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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 23: Residents attempt to clean sewage running through a formerly deserted building which is currently home to dozens of families who occupy the building in the port district on September 23, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents say the makeshift sewage system has backed up inside the building due to construction in the neighborhood. Residents say the building has been occupied for the past 14 years, but the government has begun relocating some of the families to alternate housing. Ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Rio has started a multibillion dollar urban renewal program of its port district which includes a double decker waterfront freeway being torn down to be replaced by tunnels, repaved roads, a tram network and other infrastructure improvements in the area. The Porto Maravilha project is also expected to displace around 1,000 local residents. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NEAR ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL - JUNE 15: Residents who are being affected by the Belo Monte dam and supporters stand atop a temporary earthen dam spelling out the words "Pare Belo Monte", meaning "Stop Belo Monte" at the Belo Monte construction site while removing a strip of earth to restore the flow of the Xingu River as a protest against the construction on June 15, 2012 near Altamira, Brazil. Belo Monte will be the world?s third-largest hydroelectric project and will displace up to 20,000 people while diverting the Xingu River and flooding as much as 230 square miles of rainforest. The controversial project is one of around 60 hydroelectric projects Brazil has planned in the Amazon to generate electricity for its rapidly expanding economy. The Brazilian Amazon, home to 60 percent of the world?s largest forest and 20 percent of the Earth?s oxygen, remains threatened by the rapid development of the country. The area is currently populated by over 20 million people and is challenged by deforestation, agriculture, mining, a governmental dam building spree, illegal land speculation including the occupation of forest reserves and indigenous land and other issues. Over 100 heads of state and tens of thousands of participants and protesters will descend on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, later this month for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development or ?Earth Summit?. Host Brazil is caught up in its own dilemma between accelerated growth and environmental preservation. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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