doi: 10.1007/s13280-015-0642-z. Epub 2015 Mar 21.
Amazon dams and waterways: Brazil's Tapajós Basin plans
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Amazon dams and waterways: Brazil's Tapajós Basin plans
Philip M Fearnside. Ambio.2015 Sep.
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Brazil plans to build 43 "large" dams (>30 MW) in the Tapajós Basin, ten of which are priorities for completion by 2022. Impacts include flooding indigenous lands and conservation units. The Tapajós River and two tributaries (the Juruena and Teles Pires Rivers) are also the focus of plans for waterways to transport soybeans from Mato Grosso to ports on the Amazon River. Dams would allow barges to pass rapids and waterfalls. The waterway plans require dams in a continuous chain, including the Chacorão Dam that would flood 18,700 ha of the Munduruku Indigenous Land. Protections in Brazil's constitution and legislation and in international conventions are easily neutralized through application of "security suspensions," as has already occurred during licensing of several dams currently under construction in the Tapajós Basin. Few are aware of "security suspensions," resulting in little impetus to change these laws.
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Brazil and locations mentioned in the text. Brazilian states:MT Mato Grosso,PA Pará,RO Rondônia. Dams: 1 São Luiz do Tapajós, 2 Jatobá, 3 Chacorão, 4 Teles Pires, 5 Salto Augusto Baixo, 6 São Simão Alto, 7 Colíder, 8 São Manoel, 9 Sinop,10 Magessi,11 Cachoeira do Caí,12 Cachoeira dos Patos,13 Jardim de Ouro,14 Jirau,15 Santo Antônio,16 Belo Monte. Cities:17 Santarém,18 Cuiabá,19 Juína,20 Sinop,21 Sorriso,22 Itaituba,23 Miritituba,24 Barcarena,25 Brasília,26 Vilhena. Highways:27 MT-319,28 BR-230,29 BR-319,30 BR-364. Rivers:31 Amazon,32 Tapajós,33 Teles Pires,34 Juruena,35 Arinos,36 Jamanxim,37 Madeira,38 Xingu
Large dams (>30 MW) planned in the Tapajós Basin:1 Roncador,2 Kabiara,3 Parecis,4 Cachoeirão,5 Juruena,6 Chacorão,7 Jatobá,8 Cachoeira do Caí,9 Cachoeira dos Patos,10 Jardim de Ouro,11 São Luiz do Tapajós,12 Jamanxim,13 Tucumã,14 Erikpatsá,15 Salto Augusto Baixo,16 Escondido,17 Apiaka Kayabi,18 Jacare,19 Pocilga,20 Foz do Sacre,21 Foz do Formiga Baixo,22 Salto do Utiariti,23 Castanheira,24 Paiaguá,25 Nambiquara,26 São Simão Alto,27 Barra do Claro,28 Travessão dos Índios,29 Fontanilhas,30 Enawene Nawe,31 Foz do Buriti,32 Matrinxã,33 Tapires,34 Tirecatinga,35 Água Quente,36 Buriti,37 Jesuíta,38 Colíder,39 Foz do Apiacás,40 São Manoel,41 Sinop,42 Teles Pires,43 Magessi
Indigenous lands (Terras Indígenas: TIs) in the Tapajós Basin:1 Manoki,2 Ponte de Pedra,3 Uirapuru,4 Estação Parecis,5 Menkú,6 Batelão,7 Maró,8 Munduruku-Taquara,9 Bragança-Marituba,10 Apiaká do Pontal e Isolados,11 Praia do Índio,12 Praia do Mangue,13 Apiaká/Kayabi,14 Bakairi,15 Enawenê-Nawê,16 Erikpatsá,17 Escondido,18 Irantxe,19 Japuira,20 Juininha,21 Cayabi,22 Menkú,23 Munduruku,24 Nambikwara,25 Panará,26 Paresi,27 Parque do Aripuanã,28 Pirineus de Souza,29 Rio Formoso,30 Sai-Cinza,31 Santana,32 Tirecatinga,33 Utiariti
Conservation units in the Tapajós Basin.1 Águas do Cuiabá State Park,2 Igarapés do Juruena State Park,3 Sucunduri State Park,4 Cristalino State Park,5 Peugeot-ONF-Brasil Private Reserve of Natural Patrimony (RPPN),6 Área de Proteção Ambiental do Salto Magessi,7 Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Cristalino-I RPPN,8 Cristalino-III RPPN,9 Fazenda Loanda RPPN,10 Cabeceiras do Rio Cuiabá Environmental Protection Area (APA),11 Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve,12 Apuí State Forest,13 Sucunduri State Forest,14 Amazonia National Park,15 Juruena National Park,16 Jamanxim National Park,17 Nascentes Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve,18 Iquê Ecological Station,19 Rio Novo National Park,20 Tapajós National Forest,21 Amaná National Forest,22 Crepori National Forest,23 Riozinho do Anfrísio Extractive Reserve,24 Tapajós Arapiuns Extractive Reserve,25 Tapajós APA,26 Itaituba-II National Forest,27 Altamira National Forest,28 Jamanxim National Forest,29 Itaituba-I National Forest,30 Trairão National Forest
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