Will the Belo Monte Dam’s benefits outweigh the costs? moreFearnside, P.M. 2011. Will the Belo Monte Dam’s benefits outweigh the costs? Latin America Energy Advisor, 21-25 Feb. 2011, p. 6. [http://www.thedialogue.org] |
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Fearnside, P.M. 2011. Will the Belo Monte Dam’s benefits outweigh the costs? Latin America Energy Advisor, 21-25 Feb. 2011, p. 6. [http://www.thedialogue.org]
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Brazilian Public Ministry’s recommendation to IBAMA (the environmental authority) on 9 Nov. 2010 and in its Civil Public Suit of 27 Jan. 2011 (both available at http://www.xinguvivo.org.br/) An economic analysis estimates only a 28% chance of breaking even (Cabral & Sousa Júnior, Water Alternatives 3(2): 249-268. 2010). Upstream dams that would flood vast areas of indigenous land and tropical rainforest (Fearnside, Environmental Management 38(1): 16-27. 2006). See extensive material on Belo Monte at http://philip.inpa.gov.br