The larger work in building of Brazil, the Belo Monte dam, received a billion dollars of financing from BNDES for the purchase of machinery and equipment. Of this total, 43.2% will be paid by taxpayers.
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Brazilian hydroelectric Belo Monte receives operating license
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) granted on Tuesday (24) the environmental license for the Belo Monte dam to begin operation in Para State.
Folha de S. Paulo: Illegal logger companies make money with corruption in Peru
The illegal timber in Peru overcomes to the rules and still gets to the American markets.
Folha de S. Paulo: BR-163, the old plan of a insustainable road in the Amazon
In charge of the Ministry of Environment in the first Lula government, Marina Silva had the plan ‘Sustainable BR-163’ as the main attempt to prevent deforestation caused by roads in the Amazon. Folha was the interior of Pará to check what happened to the plan.