Dead Water: Brazilian communities affected by hydroelectric dams
Photographer from Minas Gerais launches book with photos and stories of communities affected by hydroelectric dam. This review of an exhibition of photographs was...
Defending the rivers of the Amazon
Amazon Watch and International Rivers have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art 10-minute Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by actress...
The impact of the Belo Monte ‘Emergency Plan’
Drawn up without any proper consultation, or local participation, the so-called Emergency Plan was used by the developers to keep Indian people well away...
The ashes of Belo Monte
The massive destruction of forest to make way for the Belo Monte dam and associated roads, reservoir and channels.
Video: Repórter Brasil 2015 (in Portuguese)
Costs: local people speak about the impact of hydroelectric dams on...
As a response to the current investment in large hydroelectric dams as a foundation for Brazil's 'sustainable' economic growth, 'Costs' addresses the impacts...
The Battle of Belo Monte
On 12 January 2014, TV Folha broadcast a special programme 'The Battle of Belo Monte' a live reporting of the largest and most controversial...
Belo Monte dam: conflict in the Amazon
The Belo Monte dam, now under construction in the Amazon, is heralded as an abundant power source for Brazil’s burgeoning economy. But critics...
Brazilian Amazon: 3 massacres in 12 days
The Amazon has seen 3 probable massacres in 12 days — likely a record for the region — as violence has exploded...
Former ministers blast Bolsonaro’s environmental assaults
A new manifesto by eight of Brazil’s past environment ministers has accused the rightist Bolsonaro administration of “a series of unprecedented actions...
An Amazon view of Brussels
Letter from Elisa. Rios de Encontro. 4 June 2019
Dear Friends,
When I was leaving Marabá, I realised I was entering on a new phase of...