![Left: dead trees dry and rot in the water after the flooding of the Xingú River for the construction of the Belo Monte dam. Right: Daniela Silva poses for a portrait laying on the former site of her house in the Altamira baixões.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/FZ5KH5TW7RCCPBOGM7R77BTRAQ.jpg?auth=d9f39bcadb8b2a879379d923c076634a5c65145cd2559df3c533780beb8e7c99&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
Daniela Silva, the heir of women’s struggle to preserve the jungle
After decades of opposition to the Belo Monte project, which involves the construction of a hydro power plant on Brazil’s Xingú river, a new generation of activists is denouncing environmental destruction