Reports by the company building the dam will not be IBAMA’s only source to monitor impacts on fishing. Additional compensation for loss of fishing areas should be defined by the agency.
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Belo Monte dam, in Brazil, is fined $ 4 million per death of fish
Norte Energia concessionaire, owner of the Belo Monte Dam, under construction on the Xingu River, Brazil, was fined due to the large amount of dead fish as a result of the plant’s reservoir filling.
The high price of modernity of Belo Monte in Muratu village life
Before fishermen and now farmers by force, Juruna indigenous received new houses, energy and chicken coops. The compensation for the construction of the plant, however, has a high cost.
Brazil court suspends Amazon hydrodam licence on native demands
A Brazilian court has suspended the operating licence for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, one of the world’s largest, just weeks before its owner, planned to start electricity generation, prosecutors said.
Hydroelectrics in the world: a threat here, there and beyond
In an article published on Science, researchers from eight countries criticize decision process for the construction of hydroelectric dams in tropical regions..
Belo Monte dam threatens 50 fish species unique in the world
Experts claim that 450 dams can destroy one third of the world’s freshwater fishes in the Amazon, Congo and Mekong basins, where live 4000 species of freshwater fishes live.
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.
Documentary The Ashes of Belo Monte – Repórter Brasil
Documentary follows the deforestation made by Belo Monte to clean the area to be flooded. Trees are burnt irregularly and plant wastes hundreds of logs.
Belo Monte dam burning legal timber and warms illegal market
While wastes trees that brought down, the plant purchase irregular wood, warming up the criminal market that invade indigenous lands.
Belo Monte license must provide this year, says president of IBAMA
The president of the institution responsible for environment and natural resources of Brazil said that the licensing process is ahead and denied that IBAMA has rejected the operating license of the plant.