**Hydroelectric power plants in Brazil threaten turtles that depend on rapids, study warns**

New research shows that the construction of new hydroelectric power plants in Brazil's South region could have an impact on more than 30% of the habitat of Phrynops williamsi, the Williams' side-necked turtle. The species occurs only in areas of Atlantic Rainforest and Pampa (the grassland biome adjacent to Brazil's border with Uruguay and Argentina), and is classed as "Vulnerable" (facing a high risk of extinction) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-hydroelectric-power-brazil-threaten-turtles.html