Viewpoint – Brazil’s Madeira River Dams: A Setback for Environmental Policy in Amazonian Development
Decisions on hydroelectric dam construction will be critical in shaping the future of Amazonia, where planned dams would convert most tributaries into chains of reservoirs. The Santo Antônio and Jirau dams, now nearing completion on the Madeira River, have created dangerous precedents in a trend tow...
Main Author: | Philip Martin Fearnside |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Water Alternatives Association
2014-02-01
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Series: | Water Alternatives |
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Online Access: | http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol7/v7issue1/244-a7-1-15/file |
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