Hydroelectric power plants in Brazil threaten turtles that depend on rapids
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From Estado de São Paulo 18/09/23 A research project supported by FAPESP shows that the construction of new hydroelectric power plants in Brazil’s South region could have an impact on more than 30% of the habitat of Phrynops williamsi, the Williams’ side-necked turtle. The species occurs only in areas of Atlantic Rainforest and Pampa (the […]