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The carbon credits of Santo Antonio hydroelectric: the dam’s meaning

By Giovanny Vera 17 de February de 201614 de September de 2020

Discover the implications of the Santo Antonio dam in Rondonia, Brasil, in the case of carbon projects, according to Philip Fearnside.

The high price of modernity of Belo Monte in Muratu village life

By Giovanny Vera 28 de January de 201614 de September de 2020

Before fishermen and now farmers by force, Juruna indigenous received new houses, energy and chicken coops. The compensation for the construction of the plant, however, has a high cost.

Waimiri Atroari indigenous did not authorize power lines on their land in Brazil

By Giovanny Vera 19 de January de 201614 de September de 2020

National Indigenous Foundation president gave approval to IBAMA, which issued preliminary license of the environmental process within the reserve without consult indigenous people.

Hydroelectrics in the world: a threat here, there and beyond

By Giovanny Vera 14 de January de 201614 de September de 2020

In an article published on Science, researchers from eight countries criticize decision process for the construction of hydroelectric dams in tropical regions..

BNDES: Corruption guided award of huge Amazon dam contracts in Brazil

By Giovanny Vera 13 de January de 201614 de September de 2020

Brazil’s BNDES is the largest development bank in the world. It’s enormous, poorly managed pay outs to Amazon dam projects have fuelled mass corruption.

Wildlife catastrophe at Amazon dam a warning for future Tapajós dams

By Giovanny Vera 4 de January de 201614 de September de 2020

The extreme long term wildlife harm caused by the Babina dam, built in 1986, offers a cautionary ecological tale for 43 proposed Tapajós River Basin dams.

Tapajós hydroelectric will be auctioned in the 2nd semester 2016

By Giovanny Vera 31 de December de 201514 de September de 2020

According to Minister of Mines and Energy, Eletrobrás will enter the auction the plant. It was more than two years without being able to auction the construction of the hydroelectric plant.

Deforestation: Shoot down trees to build hydroelectric dams

By Giovanny Vera 11 de December de 201514 de September de 2020

Hundreds of thousands of hectares are deforested to build power plants in the Amazon. Understand how to generate “clean energy” destroys the largest forest in the world.

Dams could increase deforestation in the Tapajós until 25%

By Giovanny Vera 9 de December de 201514 de September de 2020

A study shows that if the hydropower provided by the federal government are built, deforestation in the heart of the Amazon can reach 3.2 million hectares.

Brazil climate change report warns of failed hydropower and crops

By Giovanny Vera 12 de November de 201514 de September de 2020

By 2040, many of Brazil’s existing and planned hydropower projects, including those in the Tapajós basin, could become unviable as drought worsens and river flows decrease.

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