The Madeira River has one of the largest sediment loads of rivers in the world, contributing about half of the total transported to the Atlantic via the Amazon River.
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LaInformación: Protesters block highway in protest against dam
350 protesters opponents of the construction of the Brazilian hydroelectric Belo Monte blocked the main road from the Amazon to protest against the controversial dam.
Amazônia.org: Tapajós hydroelectric divides lands and opinions
Lands of Pimental community will be cut by one of the hydroelectric dam planned for the region. Its population is divided between groups in favor and against the plant.
Dams and floods on Madeira River, the words of an expert
Impacts of flooding occurred recently by extreme weather event were compounded by hydroelectric plants installed along the watercourse.
The Guardian: More than 400 dams planned for the Amazon and headwaters
Rainforest under threat from a “hydrological experiment of continental proportions” as well as oil, gas and mining, says report.
Madeira River hydroelectrics: how sediments affect the operation
The Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River which drains parts of Bolivia, Peru and Brazil, has one of the highest sediment loads of the world.
Dams in the Amazon and the price paid by the energy
Brazil has, by hydropower in the current conditions, one of the cheapest sources and the Brazilian people pays the most expensive rates in the world.
Plataforma energética: Causes of mega-floods in the Bolivian Amazon
The floods in the Bolivian Amazon were the biggest since records took place. This happened despite the fact that this year the El Niño or La Niña phenomena, which are used to assign flood in this magnitude in the region, were not presented.
TelmaMonteiro: The scandal of licensing of hydroelectrics in the Tapajós river
An analysis of backstage process of the licensing of hydroelectric dams planned in the Tapajos river. Part 2
Jirau dam registers fish mortality during turbine testing
Thousands of fish died during turbine tests conducted last week in the Jirau dam on the Madeira River.