A blue and yellow macaw along the Bala Gorge on the Beni River near the town of Rurrenabaque, Bolivia – the proposed site of the Bolivian government’s controversial El Bala Chepete hydroelectric dam.

Local indigenous people argue that the flooding would destroy flora and fauna and displace native people, putting the survival of their communities at risk.

Image Credit: Photograph: Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images

Source: The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian