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Kayaker/Filmmaker Examines Hydro-Electric Development On Bolivian Rivers

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Hayley Stuart (l); Images from the Madidi National Park (r).

The Bolivian government is planning massive hydro-electric dam projects on rivers that provide life for thousands of indigenous people in the Amazon Basin. Area filmmaker Hayley Stuart traveled the rivers in a kayak to document the lives that would be affected. Stuart joins Idaho Matters to discuss making "Still River, Silent Jungle."

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