Belo Monte Impacts
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- Created on: 14-12-12 11:00
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- Impacts of Belo Monte
- Political
- Over half a million people, most of them Brazilians, are calling on newly-elected President Dilma to halt plans to construct the Belo Monte Dam
- Economical
- Low water would make it world’s most inefficient dam
- Attract 100,000 migrants as they look for work
- Produce only 10% of capacity during 3-5 month dry season
- Amazon basin recently experienced two 100-year droughts within 5 years
- Global climate models find rainfall expected to decrease flows by 60-70%
- Predicted cost – over $16billion
- Demographic
- Social
- Force 20,000 from their homes
- Displace indigenous people from 18 ethnic groups
- Environmental
- 1/3 worlds species
- 1/3 worlds tropical woods
- 20% earths fresh water
- 2500 tree species
- 80% of the Xingu would be diverted
- Lost agriculture
- Extinction of several species
- Destroy biodiversity
- Flooded rainforest will release methane
- Political
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