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Indiginous people face police officers in Belo Monte

The Guardian: Belo Monte, Brazil – tribes living in the shadow of a megadam

By Mark Smith 18 de December de 201414 de September de 2020

Next year the Belo Monte dam will flood vast swathes of Amazon rainforest. Indian tribes living on the river have lost their fight to halt the project – now they await the floods that threaten their entire way of life.

Large dams: False allies in tackling the climate change

By Mark Smith 27 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

For years, large dams have been the first choice to meet energy needs in most of Latin America. However, according to various studies, large dams do not mean clean energy and are not enviornmentally friendly.

Brazil’s planned Tapajós dams would increase Amazon deforestation by 1M ha

By Mark Smith 16 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

A plan to build a dozen dams in the Tapajós river basin would drive the loss of 950,000 hectares of rainforest by 2032 by spurring land speculation and mass migration to the region, suggests a study published by Imazon.

Residents of Cajamarca and Amazonas oppose the construction of hydroelectric Chadin II

By Mark Smith 3 de July de 201414 de September de 2020

Chadin II includes the construction of a dam 150 meters high, which would flood 32.5 kilometers of land and require an investment of 1650 thousand dollars.

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Large dams: False allies in tackling the climate change

27 de September de 2014

Brazil’s planned Tapajós dams would increase Amazon deforestation by 1M ha

16 de September de 2014

Residents of Cajamarca and Amazonas oppose the construction of hydroelectric Chadin II

3 de July de 2014

Indiginous people face police officers in Belo Monte

The Guardian: Belo Monte, Brazil – tribes living in the shadow of a megadam

18 de December de 2014

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