Affected People

Dam Affected People Protest Against the Hydroelectric Power Plant of São Salvador

Monday, September 10, 2007
Around 500 members of the Movement of Dam Affected People (MAB) blocked the access road to the São Salvador Dam worksite in the early hours of 10/09/2007. The dam which is located between the municipalities of São Salvador and Parana on Rio Tocantins (State of Tocantins), will also affect the municipality of Minacu (Goias). The power plant with an installed capacity of 240 MW belongs to the Energy Consortium São Salvador (CESS), whose major stakeholder is Tractebel Energia S.A. To the moment, none from the company appeared to negotiate with the affected people camped on the site. In meeti

Declaração do Movimento Social em Defesa do rio Madeira

Monday, March 5, 2007
NÃO PASSARÃO SOBRE O POVO DO MADEIRA! DECLARAÇÃO DO MOVIMENTO SOCIAL EM DEFESA DA BACIA DO MADEIRA E DA REGIÃO AMAZÔNICA Nós membros e representantes das comunidades ribeirinhas, de organizações camponesas e de atingidos por barragens do Estado de Rondônia e dos departamentos de Pando (Bolívia) e Madre de Dios (Peru), dando continuidade aos compromissos, firmados em Cobija, de construir um Movimento Social das Comunidades dos Madeira, nos reunimos em Porto Velho para organizar a resistência conjunta aos grandes projetos programados para beneficiarem o agronegócio, as mineradoras,

Pronunciamiento del Norte Amazónico de Bolivia frente a la reunión de los presidentes de Bolivia y Brasil

Saturday, February 3, 2007
Cobija, Bolivia Pronunciamiento del Norte Amazónico de Bolivia frente a la próxima reunión de los presidentes de los gobiernos de Bolivia y Brasil, Evo Morales e Ignacio Lula Da Silva, sobre las represas del Río madera Nosotros los representantes de organizaciones sociales de la región norte amazónica, reunidos en la ciudad de Cobija, hemos tomado conocimiento: Que, a fines del mes de febrero del presente año, se reunirán en Brasilia los presidentes de Bolivia, Evo Morales y de Brasil, Ignacio Lula da Silva, para tratar diferentes temas de la agenda entre ambos países, entre los que s

Grand Dam Plans for the Amazon

Thursday, June 1, 2006
Schemes for Dozens of Dams on Tributaries Would Choke River, Stifle OppositionWorld Rivers Review, June 2006 The Amazon River, whose tributaries are formed in the Peruvian Andes, flows over a sedimentary flood plain hundreds of miles wide, with thousands of lagoons and seasonally flooded lakes – it is a river that is impossible to dam. However, the principal tributaries of the Amazon in its southern basin – the Madeira, Tapajós, Xingu, and to the east the Araguaia and Tocantins – descend steeply from crystalline rocks into the Amazon basin. From these heights rush enormous v

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