The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) granted a license to install the Hydroelectric Plant of São Manoel, planned at the Teles Pires River, at the border between Mato Grosso and Pará.
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Renewable Energy Magazine: Brazilian court rejects call to shut down Belo Monte dam
The federal court rejected the prosecutor’s request to suspend construction, and did the same for a request for compensation to indigenous from Volta Grande do Xingu.
Sol de Pando: French consortium of Jirau destroys indigenous territories
Jirau dam threatens to destroy vast areas of land, of which many indigenous peoples depend for their survival, including several groups of uncontacted indigenous.
Terra: In Brazil, the Trans-amazon highway was blocked in protest again the Belo Monte dam
One hundred fishermen affected by the construction of the hydroelectric Belo Monte in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon blocked a stretch of the Trans-Amazon highway on Tuesday.
Fobomade: Negotiating the flood?? Jirau dam in the waterfall of hell
Consortium won the tender Jirau dam offering lower energy price, but few days later announced that it would change the project site, with which it obtained the environmental license without specific studies.
Forbes: Was Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam A Bad Idea?
The world’s third largest hydroelectric dam is currently being built in the Amazon of Brazil. For the government, Belo Monte is a necessity. For roughly 20,000 people living in the Altamira region of Para State, it is the end of life as they knew it.
Company intends to resume Inambari hydroelectric project in 2018
Residents of communities rejected these claims stating that the project is not feasible because it would cause a major environmental and social damage in the area.
Bloomberg Businessweek: Last of Eden: In the Shadow of Brazil’s Largest Construction Site
Series of photos by Taylor Weidman show what life is like for people who live around the construction site of the Belo Monte dam in Brazil.
International Rivers: Siemens denounced for damming Latin America’s future
International activists intervened at shareholder meeting requesting that the company withdraw from its role in Brazil’s Belo Monte mega-dam.
Belo Monte threat largest turtle nesting site in South America
Construction of hydroelectric put the survival of at risk turtles. State must create two protected areas to protect spawning.