Brazil’s development bank is investing heavily in a plan to build huge hydroelectric dams in the Amazon and across South America.
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Brazil will answer to OAS for human rights violations in Belo Monte
According to the complaint, Brazil authorized work on the Belo Monte dam, without consultation or prior, free and informed authorization by the indigenous communities of the region.
BNDES-funded Belo Monte dam — a mega-project with mega-problems
Was Brazil’s BNDES bank too rigid to change course when the Belo Monte dam showed signs of becoming a financial, environmental and social disaster?
Belo Monte dam flooded 500 families not recognized as affected
After a heavy rain day in Altamira, Brazil, more than 500 families in the Jardim Independente neighborhood had their community flooded. Families report that the lake’s dam is directly impacting the flow of rainwater.
Report from the Amazon: Altamira, a city transformed by the Belo Monte dam
Where rainforest stood, Amazon basin boom towns spring up to house workers building dams, roads, transmission lines and other infrastructure — cities like Altamira lack basic sanitation and have high crime rates.
Repórter Brasil: Who are the Chinese eyeing the Amazon?
A Chinese company with a trail of human rights violations wants to build a plant in São Luiz do Tapajós, the biggest environmental controversy since Belo Monte dam
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.
Audience warns about risks of dams on Tapajós river, Brazil
The Public Prosecution held a public meeting in Santarém, Pará state, Brazil, to discuss impacts of São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric construction and irregularities of the environmental impact study.
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.
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.