Esta carta apresenta o resultado de debates e propostas do Plano de Desenvolvimento Territorial Integrado e Sustentável da Região de Influência da BR-163, que abrange 84 municípios dos Estados do Pará e do Mato Grosso e envolve aproximadamente 2 milhões de habitantes.
Hydropower Construction and Deforestation: Linking Forest Cover to Changes in Water Balance
Hydropower Construction and Deforestation: Linking Forest Cover to Changes in Water Balance
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.