Belo Monte Dam
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The Belo Monte Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. The planned installed capacity of the dam will be 11,000 MW, which makes it the second largest hydroelectric dam in Brazil, and the third largest in the world. The dam is expected to cost $3 billion and the transmission lines will cost $2.5 billion. The project is developed by the state-owned power company Eletronorte.[1]
[edit] Controversy
The project is criticized by environmental organisations as it will flood 400 square kilometers of agricultural lands and forest and will directly impact the Paquiçamba reserve of the Juruna indigenous people. It was also said that to be feasible, the Belo Monte dam needs other dams upstream to guarantee a year-round flow of water. This means that more forest will be flooded.[2]
The first Belo Monte dam proposal was abandoned in 1990s because of international and national protest.
[edit] References
- ^ Belo Monte Dam. Amazon Watch. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
- ^ Belo Monte Dam (Brazil : 2004-2006). Conservation Strategy Fund. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
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