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Ibama suspends licensing of São Luiz do Tapajós hydroelectric, in Brazil

By Giovanny Vera 25 de April de 201614 de September de 2020

Funai, the institution responsible for indigenous issues, recognized Munduruku indigenous territory, and then the Brazilian Institute of Environment took the backing of hydroelectric.

BNDES: a bank loans billions to tame South America’s wild waters

By Annika McGinnis 8 de April de 201614 de September de 2020

Brazil’s development bank is investing heavily in a plan to build huge hydroelectric dams in the Amazon and across South America.

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.

Hydroelectric dams in tropical areas do not generate clean energy

By Mark Smith 24 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

In a letter to world leaders at the UN Climate Summit in New York, a group of over 50 organizations stated that large dams built in the tropics as part of the hydroelectric plants do not generate clean energy.

Brazil cancels Tapajos dam auction due to indigenous concerns

By Mark Smith 20 de September de 201414 de September de 2020

Brazilian authorities have suspended the auction of the centerpiece of the massive Tapajós hydroelectric complex, reports Agência Brasil.

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.

Ministry of Justice extended the stay of the National Forces in Belo Monte

By Mark Smith 30 de August de 201414 de September de 2020

The Ministry of Justice in Brazil extended the stay of the National Public Security Force in the region of Belo Monte, in Pará, for another six months.

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.

Amazônia Blog: “Dams could result in catastrophy” says researcher

By Mark Smith 13 de March de 201414 de September de 2020

Federal University of Rondônia researcher warns that hydroelectric plants of Santo Antônio and Jirau on the Madeira River could produce catastrophic results in Rondônia and Bolivia.

Forbes: Was Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam A Bad Idea?

By Mark Smith 13 de March de 201414 de September de 2020

The world’s third largest hydroelectric dam is currently being built in the Amazon of Brazil. For the government, Belo Monte is a necessity. For roughly 20,000 people living in the Altamira region of Para State, it is the end of life as they knew it.

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