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14/5/2013
Deforestation in the Amazon region could significantly reduce the amount of electricity produced from hydropower, says a new study.
Scientists say the
rainforest is critical in generating the streams and rivers that ultimately turn ...
13/5/2013
Deforestation may significantly decrease the hydroelectric potential of tropical
rainforest regions, warns a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
The study, led by Claudia M. Stickler at the ...
6/4/2013
While global warming is a topic of conversation and news coverage every day around the world,? ?the basic raw materials that drive the global economy are rarely discussed as being involved.? ?But these materials play a key role in global ...
31/12/2012
2012 was another year of mixed news for the world's tropical forests. This is a look at some of the most significant tropical
rainforest-related news stories for 2012.
There were many other important stories in 2012 and some were ...
30/11/2012
Brazil's National Development Bank (BNDES) on Monday announced it has approved a $10.8 billion (22.5 billion Brazilian reais) loan to the consortium that is building the controversial
Belo Monte dam in the state of Par´ in the heart of the ...
24/8/2012
Belo Monte dam developer Norte Energia, S.A. has stopped all work on the
Belo Monte dam after receiving formal notification of the decision last week by the Brazilian Federal Appeals Court to suspend the project, reports International Rivers. ...
20/8/2012
The Sete Quedas or "seven waterfalls" on the Teles Pires River, which runs through the Amazon
rainforest states of Mato Grosso and Pará in central Brazil, are a spiritual oasis venerated by several indigenous groups.
But the ...
15/8/2012
A federal judge in Brazil has suspended construction work on a massive
dam in the heart of the Amazon
rainforest.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Judge Souza Prudente said that work could only resume on the $11bn, 11,000MW
Belo Monte ...
15/8/2012
A high federal court in Brazil has ruled that work on the
Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon be immediately suspended. Finding that the government failed to properly consult indigenous people on the
dam, the ruling is the latest in ...
15/8/2012
A Brazilian judge has ordered a suspension of the controversial
Belo Monte dam project, saying that local indigenous people who will be affected by the massive hydroelectric project were not sufficiently consulted during the environmental ...
4/8/2012
Ivo Lubrinna has been wildcatting for gold in the jungle here for more than 30 years. It's a notoriously messy business, as crews strip away topsoil in the forest and along riverbanks and use mercury and other pollutants to draw precious metal ...
26/7/2012
Three engineers are being held hostage by the Juruna and Arara indigenous tribes as tensions rise over the on-going construction of the
Belo Monte dam in Brazil, reports the Indigenous rights NGO Amazon Watch. The company building the
dam, Norte ...
3/7/2012
As of Tuesday, the occupation of
Belo Monte dam by indigenous tribes entered its 13th day. Indigenous people, who have fought the planned Brazilian
dam for decades, argue that the massive hydroelectric project on the Xingu River will devastate ...
26/6/2012
The Brazilian government is putting its global environmental leadership at risk by ignoring scientific concern on large infrastructure projects and changes in the country's forest laws, warned an association of more than 1,200 tropical scientists ...
25/6/2012
Brazil's ambitious plans to build 30
dams in the Amazon basin could trump the country's efforts to protect the world's largest
rainforest, said a leading Amazon scientist speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and ...
19/6/2012
Nearly 1500 people formed a human banner on a beach in Rio de Janeiro today to protest plans to build dozens of
dams in the Amazon basin, reports Amazon Watch, an NGO campaigning against Brazil's controversial
Belo Monte dam.The image ...
19/6/2012
Brazil's biggest infrastructure project -- the $11 billion
Belo Monte dam -- is also its most controversial, and one showcased at the international summit on June 20-22 in Rio de Janeiro held 20 years after the Earth Summit.
Striking a ...
15/6/2012
In an symbolic protest of the giant
Belo Monte Dam, Friday morning some 300 locals dug a channel in an earthen
dam that blocks a portion of the Xingu River and serves as the first step for the controversial hydroelectric project, reports Amazon ...
4/6/2012
As the United Nations’ Rio+20 conference on sustainable development takes place in Rio de Janeiro this month, a prime example of the environmental and social tensions that accompany development will be playing out in northern Brazil. There, on ...
1/5/2012
The sound of chainsaws in the Amazon
rainforest has faded in recent years as deforestation has slowed, last year dropping to less than one-third of its long-term average. But last week, the lower house of Brazil’s National Congress passed a bill ...
23/3/2012
Brazil’s
Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River is now under construction despite its many controversies. The Brazilian government has launched an unprecedented drive to
dam the Amazon’s tributaries, and
Belo Monte is the spearhead for its efforts. ...
19/1/2012
Damming of the Xingu River has begun in Brazil to make way for the eventual construction of the hugely controversial,
Belo Monte dam. The Norte Energia (NESA) consortium has begun building coffer
dams across the Xingu, which will dry out parts of ...
28/12/2011
2011 was designated as "Year of the Forests" by the United Nations. While there was relatively little progress on intergovernmental forest protection programs during the year, a lot happened elsewhere.
Below is a look at some of the biggest ...
27/11/2011
Brazilian mining giant Vale has cut ties with a pig-iron producer linked to illegal deforestation, reports Reuters.Vale had been providing logistical and transport services to Sidepar, a Para-based pig iron producer accused by Brazil's ...
10/11/2011
When a few hundred demonstrators, mostly from indigenous communities, temporarily occupied the construction site of the
Belo Monte dam on Brazil's Xingu River early on 27 October, workers laid down their tools. But the Brazilian government did ...