Belo Monte

Belo Monte Dam Profile

Submitted by Jorge Vargas on Mon, 2010-08-23 15:08
http://www.dams-info.org/en/dams/view/belo-monte/
Belo Monte is designed to be the largest plant entirely in Brazil and what would be the world’s third-largest hydroelectric project. The studies for the hydroelectric site have begun in the 1970s.

Belo Monte (Rodolfo Salm) BBC Interview

Submitted by graceamelie on Sun, 2010-05-16 15:13
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Belo monte

Submitted by graceamelie on Sun, 2010-05-16 14:35
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carte de Belo Monte

Submitted by graceamelie on Fri, 2010-05-14 19:16
carte de Belo Monte

Area of Belo Monte

Belo Monte - Brésil

Submitted by Marie-Do on 2010-05-10 and updated by Erell on Fri, 2011-08-26 12:18.
Belo Monte - Brésil -
  • La région du Xingu

La rivière Xingu est une rivière du Brésil, affluent du cours inférieur de l'Amazone. Il mesure 2 260 km et traverse les états du Mato Grosso et du Pará. Son bassin versant couvre quelques 531 250 kilomètres carrés, soit presque l'équivalent de la surface de la France. Cette rivière était peu connue jusqu'à son exploration par Karl von den Steinnen en 1884-1887. Read more »

Open letter against the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam project on the Xingu River, Brazil.

Submitted on 2010-03-12 and updated on Wed, 2011-12-21 18:32.
Your Excellency President Luis Ignácio Lula da Silva,

We’re writing you to express our indignation and urge you to immediately suspend the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam project on the Xingu River in the state of Pará due to the tremendous social, environmental, and economic risks posed by this project to the Amazon Region.

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