From 471 dams in operation and planned, 16 are in Indigenous Territories and 49 in Protected Areas.
Tag: energy
Government gives concession of Sinop hydroelectric
Hydroelectric plant was offered at auction for energy. Projects involving coal plants were not auctioned.
Puno: Information on the implications of dams in the Amazon
Institutions presented folder “Hydropower in the Peruvian Amazon – Reflections on its implications”, with information on hydroelectric projects in the Amazon.
Bem Querer hydroelectric: big lake, little energy
Proposed hydroelectric in Branco River, which crosses the State of Roraima, would produce 6% of the energy of Belo Monte, but would create wetland greater.
IBAMA: consortium does not meet conditioning of Belo Monte
According to report, only 4 of the 23 environmental requirements imposed by the agency were attended. Of these, none was infrastructure.
IBAMA granted operating license to Tucuruí power lines
Lines connect Manaus and Macapa to the National System. They cross 29 municipalities in 3 states and cost twice as expected.
Indigenous asked to Brazilian government stop work on Amazon
A group of indigenous traveled to Brasilia to ask the government not to execute the construction of two hydroelectric plants in the jungle.
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.
Guardian: Peru spares Amazon rainforest from oil and gas push
New hydrocarbon sites will all be offshore, but campaigners fear contentious oil and gas development in Amazon will still go ahead
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.