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.
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Brazil climate change report warns of failed hydropower and crops
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.
Juruena turned music: Cultural festival to discuss the future of the basin
The II Juruena Vivo Festival led to the city important reflections on the fate of sub-basin of the Juruena river – threatened by predatory activities and the prediction of the presence of more than 102 hydroelectric plants
Tapajos river mega dams again postponed by the Brazilian government
The São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric, which once had the start of their operations planned for January 2016 is now projected to run from 2021.
400+ dams could irrevocably harm Amazon ecology — but solutions exist
Dams planned for the Amazon and its tributaries could do irreversible harm to fish migrations and to wildlife — but energy solutions ranging from run-of-the-river dams to a shift to solar and wind power could safeguard the forest.
Chadin II, the Odebrecht’s mega hydroelectric that will flood the Maranon river
The Brazilian company, involved in a huge corruption case in Brazil, will build a dam that will flood towns of Cajamarca and Amazonas regions, and will displace thousand people.
David & Goliath: Locals resist multinational dams, mines—sometimes win
Across Peru, the central government and multinational corporations have come up against fierce resistance from local, typically rural, communities opposed to large dam and mining projects.
Amazon Headwaters Under Siege: 19 dams slated for Napo watershed
Fed by snow from the glaciated volcanic peaks of the Andes Mountains, and by rainwater falling on steamy lowland Ecuadorian rainforests, this vast stretch of Amazonia supports diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, with significant unstudied flora and fauna.
The Amazon rots in new hydroelectric plants lakes
Teles Pires power plant violated environmental plan and flooded the reservoir with trees inside. Decomposition must issue large amounts of methane, the greenhouse gas.
Mega-dams doing drastic harm to tropical biodiversity: study
Researchers with the University of East Anglia say the full extent of impacts to biodiversity of large hydroelectric dams in lowland tropical forest regions have been “severely overlooked”.