Construction of the Belo Monte Dam - a massive 11.2-gigawatt hydroelectric plant on a tributary of the Amazon in Brazil - has for the second time this year been put on hold by a federal judge, who ruled that it could damage fish stocks. The dam, on the Xingu River in the state of Para, is opposed by environmental campaigners and indigenous people, but the government is strongly behind it, and the environment agency IBAMA has already granted a construction licence.
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机译：贝洛蒙特大坝（Belo Monte Dam）是巴西第二大支流，位于巴西亚马逊河支流上，是一座大型的11.2吉瓦水力发电厂。今年，联邦法官第二次搁置该工程，他裁定这可能会损害鱼类资源。该水坝位于帕拉州新姑河上，遭到环保运动人士和土著人民的反对，但政府大力支持该水坝，并且环境机构IBAMA已授予施工许可证。
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