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Caravan in defense of the Tapajós River warnings dams in Para state, Brazil

By Giovanny Vera 6 de September de 201614 de September de 2020

The event was a mobilization  held by social movements of organizations of Pará municipalities of Santarém, Itaituba, Jacareacanga and Aveiro. These organizations are unified in the Tapajós Vivo movement, based in Santarém.

Corruption, recession and indigenous buried hydroelectric project San Luis

By Giovanny Vera 16 de August de 201614 de September de 2020

Understand the context that allowed the Ibama decision to cancel the largest hydroelectric plan in Brazil[:]

Brazil: Ibama denies licensing São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric dam

By Giovanny Vera 5 de August de 201614 de September de 2020

Recommendations by the Federal Public Ministry, the indigenous agency (FUNAI) and technicians of the environmental agency paralyze the construction of the hydroelectric powerplant project planned for the Tapajós river. [:]

Nicinha: a body awaiting the DNA test, a voice that not shut up

By Giovanny Vera 25 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

More than 20 days ago the family recognized a body at the Medical Legal Institute as the Nicinha, and is awaiting liberation to the burial.

Recently discovered species and indigenous threatened by dam in the Tapajós

By Annika McGinnis 21 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

Eight new mammal species were found in the construction of São Luiz do Tapajós dam, which may become the most controversial hydroelectric project in the history of Brazil.

What is the current situation of environmental activists in Latin America?

By Giovanny Vera 15 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

Honduras just reported the murder of another environmental leader, Lesbia Urquía; while Brazil recently lost the activist Nilce de Souza Magalhães.

Chinese construction company plans to build huge dam in the Amazon

By Giovanny Vera 11 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

China Three Gorges, a state enterprise with a history of human rights violation, wants to build the dam São Luiz do Tapajós in Brazil.

Documentary about social-environmental impact of dams on the Madeira river

By Giovanny Vera 5 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

In the film there are testimonies of people who suffered human rights violations, in addition to unemployment, and forced eviction without compensation of families whose areas were flooded by the dams.

From Peru: A critical look to the future of the Amazon basin

By Giovanny Vera 1 de July de 201614 de September de 2020

Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society warns that the construction of a series of hydroelectric dams could affect 30 million people in the Amazon.

New dams on Madeira River floods cause deforestation

By Giovanny Vera 20 de June de 201614 de September de 2020

The Monitoring Andean Amazon Project presents a new map describing the loss of forest. More than 36,100 hectares of forest have been lost because of flooding by dams, especially the Jirau dam.

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