The Amazon Puno department constitutes one of the favorable scenarios for the energy industry.
Tag: dams
Disorderly occupation of spaces grows outbreaks of malaria
The great works undertaken in the Amazon without any planning and respect for nature are behind the high rates of malaria in the region.
The dirty, expensive and oppressive energy from hydroelectrics
It is a fallacy to say that hydropower is clean and cheap, because it causes deforestation and does not account for the costs imposed to local people.
Experts reiterate need for a moratorium on dams in the Amazon
They consider prevailing development strategies in Amazonian countries and the new regional architecture (UNASUR, BNDES) threaten the sustainability of the ecoregion.
DAMOCRACY The Movie
A documentary that debunks the myth of large-scale dams as clean energy and a solution to climate change.
Meet the new catfish of Pará flows
They have always lived there, but only now have been discovered. The irony is that studies for the construction work which are threatening them made possible the discovery.
The Amazon centralizes cases of violence on the field in 2012
Rondônia was the state with the most deaths in rural areas. According entity abuses are related to “development model in place”
Infographic on 14 hydroelectric dams planned in Puno was published
Of the 14 hydropower plants, 5 have the final concession, 2 the environmental study approved, 6 temporary concession expired and 1 with authorization studies.
WWF creates list of environmental sins of Belo Monte
Hydroelectric under construction in Pará is included by WWF in report on violation of sustainability criteria in dam construction.
The Epoch Times: Amazon Special: Influence of water in the greenhouse effect
Consequences of imbalance of greenhouse effect-climate change and global warming, have called worldwide attention in recent years. With this, there are many studies that evaluate the processes that emit greenhouse gases causers in the Amazon.