Brazil's plans to dam two rivers [Madeira and Xingu] in the Amazon basin...run counter to advice from experts at the World Commission on Dams (WCD)...who say dams should be avoided in areas rich in species -- like the Amazon...There is a plan to build a massive reservoir called Altamira...This would flood 6,100 square km...of dense forest, a good portion of which is part of the Xingu Indian reservation...The Madeira and Belo Monte projects [Belo Monte is a project of Consórcio Norte Energia] require huge investments for transmission lines, which carry the electricity to consumers and often open remote forests to illegal logging and mining.