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.
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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.
RAISG trained technicians to monitor the forest
Amazon Under Pressure Atlas was a first result, the second is to work on information management and monitoring in each country.
Bolivia.com: Bolivia signs memorandum with Chinese company for hydroelectric in the Amazon
Memorandum could be to build a hydroelectric plant in the Amazon region of Beni.