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Locals Still Wary Despite Cancellation of Inambari Dam
For over a month, close to 2,000 people in the Puno area of the Peruvian Amazon went on strike in...
Tribes Dispute Greenwashing by Dam Builders
Conflict of Interest at Heart of Sustainability Guidelines, Says Environmental Group Foz do Iguaçú, Brazil― Indigenous people from Brazil’s vast...
Belo Monte Dam May Lead Brazil to OAS High Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local communities and NGOs deliver petition exposing human rights violations to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Brasilia,...
Indigenous People Protest Hydropower Greenwash
During the same day that the Peruvian government canceled Eletrobras' Inambari dam in the Peruvian Amazon as a result of...
Mega-Dam in Peruvian Amazon Cancelled
Decision by Peruvian government a blow to Brazil’s regional energy plans The Peruvian government announced yesterday that the massive Inambari...
ONGs Peruanas Exigen Revision del Acuerdo Energetico Peru-Brasil en el Nuevo Congreso
Pronunciamiento del Colectivo Amazonía e Hidroeléctricas elaborado ante la posibilidad de aprobacion del Acuerdo Energético Perú -Brasil en su actual...
Recursos de Protección Filed Against HidroAysén in June 2011
In June, 2011, three recursos de protección (roughly translated as injunctions) were filed against the approval of the HidroAysén Environmental...
How Dams Can Bring About Rainfalls and Drought
It is undisputed that dams can influence local rainfalls. Humidity evaporates from reservoirs and irrigated fields and gets recycled as...
As Tensions Rise, Controversial Belo Monte Dam Faces New Legal Challenge
Federal Public Prosecutors allege 40% of social and environmental conditions have not been met by project consortium Brasilia, Brazil –...
Doubts, Protests Prevail in Belo Monte
Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA stepped further into controversy last week when it granted Belo Monte Dam consortium Norte Energia a...