Brazil’s Federal Public Ministry rejected a proposed gold mining project adjacent to a controversial dam site in of the Amazon, reports Amazon Watch, an environmental activist group that is campaigning against both the mine and the dam.
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G1: Birds of the areas of influence of hydropower are monitored
The aim is to detect the impact of the work on bird habitat in the region. The Santo Antonio hydroelectric power plant is being built on the Madeira River in Porto Velho.
Página Siete: Chinese will perform studies for hydroelectric plant in Beni
The Chinese company Sinohydro Corporation Limited will make a design to build a hydroelectric plant in the town of Cachuela Esperanza, located on the banks of the Beni River.
Justice freezes hydroelectric license for San Luiz do Tapajós
Was determined to be made prior consultation to indigenous and integrated assessment of environmental impacts before any step.
Speaking of Belo Monte dam: “The environment is not an ornament”
In Rio +20, Dilma Roussef said that the environment is not an ornament, but part of a vision for development and social inclusion.
Dams are “the main weapon of greenwashing” in the Amazon
Brazil’s plans to build 30 dams in the Amazon basin could end any attempt made by the country to protect the forest, said Philip Fearnside, from Inpa.
Peru – Brazil Energy Agreement will also be discussed at the Commission of Andean People
The Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Environment and Ecology, approved tha project be evaluated by the group and not only by the Foreign Relations Committee.
Belo Monte: Ibama authorizes the consortium to start dams
With favorable opinion of Funai, Norte Energia consortium begins work of provisional dams will divert the course of the Xingu River.
ICMBio: workers divulge open letter against clipping of protected areas
Protected Areas affected by alterations for Tapajós dams denounce lack of technical studies.
O Eco: Belo Monte: Prosecutor seeks suspension of work
Federal Prosecutor initiated case against North Energy, responsible for the construction of Belo Monte, for violating the conditions for obtaining the installation license.