In early August 2016 the environmental license to build the largest of these dams, the São Luiz do Tapajos, was denied. In addition to future expansion of hydropower throughout the Amazon, 43 dams are still planned for the Tapajos River Basin.
Effects of settlement designs on deforestation and fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazon
Effects of settlement designs on deforestation and fragmentation in the Brazilian Amazon
Tropical forests are providers of relevant ecosystem services at different spatial scales, but they have been under intense human pressure in recent decades, primarily because of their conversion into agricultural or pasture lands. Colonization projects have been a...