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Tapajós Hydroelectric Complex
The Tapajós hydroelectric complex ( pt, Complexo Hidrelétrico de Tapajós) is a proposed complex of hydroelectric dams on the Tapajós and Jamanxim rivers in the state of Pará, Brazil. The Tapajós dams would contain locks, thus converting the river into a navigable waterway. A "platform" model is proposed under which all people and material would be moved by river or by helicopter, avoiding the need to build access roads and the consequent inflow of settlers and environmental damage. However, there have been protests against flooding of indigenous territory by the dams, and the largest dam seems unlikely to be approved. Dams and power plants The proposed Tapajós hydroelectric complex would impound sections of the Tapajós and Jamanxim rivers. The Tapajós River Hydroelectric Complex would have a total installed capacity of 10,682 MW. Eletronorte estimated that the project would deliver power equivalent to that provided by burning 30.5 million barrels of oil annually. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Luiz Do Tapajós Dam
The São Luiz do Tapajós Dam was expected to be the second largest hydroelectric dam in Brazil, after Belo Monte. It would have an installed capacity of 8,040 MW and its reservoir would cover about 400 km2 in the Tapajós river basin. The plant would have been part of the proposed Tapajós hydroelectric complex on the Tapajos and Jamanxim rivers. Others are the Jatobá, Cachoeira dos Patos, Jamanxim and Cachoeira do Cai dams, all in Pará state. In April 2016 IBAMA suspended the environmental licensing process for the dam due to its expected impacts on indigenous and river communities. In August that year, IBAMA finally announced the official cancellation of the project's environmental license, which effectively stopped the dam. The conflict around the São Luiz do Tapajós mega dam has been referred as the next battle over saving the Amazon, as a result of its controversy involving Indigenous communities, the Brazilian government, large multinationals and international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribeirinhos
The ribeirinhos are a traditional population in South America, who live near rivers. Their main activities are fishing and Agriculture, farming on a small scale, for their own use. They usually live in Stilt house, pile dwelling and travel by motor boats called Voadeira, voadeiras. According to the Joshua Project, there are approximately 7,105,000 ribeirinho people in Brazil. The Brazilian government has formally recognized their existence since 2007. See also *Cholos pescadores *Montubio *Caiçaras *Indigenous peoples in Brazil References Ethnic groups in Brazil Rivers {{Brazil-culture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Institute Of Environment And Renewable Natural Resources
Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, IBAMA) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm. IBAMA supports anti-deforestation of the Amazon, and implements laws against deforestation where the government ceases to implement. IBAMA works to keep the forest from loggers, farming, agricultural farm grazing and anything that would threaten the Amazon. Spix's macaw Among IBAMA's diverse environmental and natural resources activities, it manages The Working Group for the Recovery of the Spix's macaw and the associated ''Ararinha Azul'' project for conserving one of the rarest birds in the world. However the last Spix's macaw living in the wilderness disappeared in 2000 and the species became extinct in the wild. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency
The Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (in Portuguese, ''Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica'', ANEEL) is an autarchy of the government of Brazil linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy. Its stated goal is to "provide favorable conditions for the electricity market to develop in a balanced environment amongst agents, for the benefit of society." See also *Federal institutions of Brazil *List of regulatory organizations of Brazil This is a list of organs of the federal government of Brazil that intend to regulate markets: * Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency *Administrative Council for Economic Defense * National Health Surveillance Agency *Brazilian Agency of Teleco ... References * External linksOfficial website of ANEEL Energy in Brazil Government agencies of Brazil Electricity authorities Regulation in Brazil {{electric-power-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camargo Corrêa
Camargo may refer to: Places Bolivia: * Camargo, Chuquisaca Brazil: * Camargo, Rio Grande do Sul Mexico: * Camargo, Chihuahua * Camargo, Tamaulipas Spain: * Camargo, Cantabria United States of America: * Camargo, Illinois * Camargo, Kentucky * Camargo, Mississippi * Camargo, Oklahoma People * Ángel Camargo (born 1967), Colombian road cyclist * Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993), Brazilian composer * Daniel Camargo (born 1991), Brazilian ballet dancer * Daniel Camargo Barbosa (1930–1994) prolific Colombian serial killer and rapist * Diego Muñoz Camargo (c. 1529–1599), Mexican historian * Fernando Camargo (born 1977), Colombian road cyclist * Hebe Camargo (1929–2012), Brazilian television presenter * Hélio Ferraz de Almeida Camargo (1922–2006), Brazilian zoologist and lawyer * Iberê Camargo, (1914–1994), Brazilian painter * Johan Camargo (born 1993), Panamanian baseball player * Luiz Camargo (born 1987), Brazilian footballer * María Constanza Camargo, Colombian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eletronorte
Eletrobras (, full name: Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A.) is a major Brazilian electric utilities company. The company's headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro. It is Latin America's biggest power utility company, tenth largest in the world, and is also the fourth largest clean energy company in the world. Eletrobras holds stakes in a number of Brazilian electric companies, so that it generates about 40% and transmits 69% of Brazil's electric supply. The company's generating capacity is about 51,000 MW, mostly in hydroelectric plants. The Brazilian federal government owned 52% stake in Eletrobras until June 2022, the rest of the shares traded on B3 (stock exchange), B3. The stock is part of the Índice Bovespa, Ibovespa index. It is also traded on the Nasdaq, Nasdaq Stock Market and on the Madrid Stock Exchange. History Eletrobras was established in 1962 during João Goulart's presidency. Operations Eletrobras is an electric power holding company. It is the larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methane Emissions
Increasing methane emissions are a major contributor to the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere, and are responsible for up to one-third of near-term global heating. During 2019, about 60% (360 million tons) of methane released globally was from human activities, while natural sources contributed about 40% (230 million tons). Reducing methane emissions by capturing and utilizing the gas can produce simultaneous environmental and economic benefits. Since the Industrial Revolution, methane concentrations in the atmosphere have more than doubled, and about 20 percent of the warming the planet has experienced can be attributed to the gas. About one-third (33%) of anthropogenic emissions are from gas release during the extraction and delivery of fossil fuels; mostly due to gas venting and gas leaks from both active fossil fuel infrastructure and orphan wells. Russia is the world's top methane emitter from oil and gas. Animal agriculture is a similarly lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapajós Environmental Protection Area
The Tapajós Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental do Tapajós) is an environmental protection area in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Tapajós Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the municipalities of Trairão (0.27%), Jacareacanga (14.12%) and Itaituba (85.61%) in the state of Pará. It has an area of . The Tapajós APA is in the western portion of the BR-163 Sustainable Forest District. The Transgarimpeira Road runs through the APA from east to west, and provides the easiest access. The terrain is hilly, with deep valleys formed by erosion and inselbergs. Altitudes range from . The APA is in the Jamanxim sub-basin of the Tapajós basin. The main rivers in the APA are the Tapajós, Jamanxim, Crepori and Novo. History The Tapajós Environmental Protection Area (APA) was created by federal decree on 13 February 2006 with the basic objectives of protecting biological diversity, controlling occupation and ensuring sustai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor
The South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor ( pt, Corredor Ecológico dos Ecótonos Sul-Amazônicos) is a proposed ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories that form an ecotone, or transition between the south of the Amazon rainforest and the north of the cerrado of Brazil. Background The first version of the ''Ecological Corridors of Tropical Forests of Brazil'' proposal was developed by a group of consultants at the request of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment and presented in the first half of 1997. Seven major corridors were proposed: the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor, Northern Amazon Ecological Corridor, South Amazon Ecological Corridor, South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor, Western Amazon Ecological Corridor, Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor and Serra do Mar Ecological Corridor. These corresponded to about 25% of the rainforests of Brazil. Priority was given to the Central Amazon Corridor and the Central Atla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamanxim National Park
The Jamanxim National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Jamanxim) is a national park in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Jamanxim National Park covers of Amazon rainforest. It is in parts of the municipalities of Altamira, Itaituba and Trairão in the state of Pará. The Trairão National Forest lies to the north. The park mostly lies in the Jamanxim-Xingu depression, with relatively flat terrain ranging from in altitude. The Southern Pará plateau rises to . Two small areas of the Tapajós Plateau in the west contain hills rising from . The park contains the sub-basins of the Jamanxim, Tocantins and Aruri rivers within the Tapajós basin. It also holds very small parts of the Ratão and Iriri basins. Average annual rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . Vegetation includes open rainforest with vines and palms trees, dense submontane rainforest with emergent canopy and dense alluvial rainforest with uniform canopy. The trees include species wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory
The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory ( pt, Terra Indígena Sai Cinza) is an indigenous territory in the state of Pará, Brazil. A proposed dam on the Tapajós river is on hold since it would flood part of the territory, and the constitution does not allow projects that would force relocation of indigenous people. Location The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory is in the municipality of Jacareacanga, Pará. It has an area of . It adjoins the Mundurucu Indigenous Territory to the south. The western part of the territory is bounded by the Tapajós river to the north. In the east the territory contains land on both sides of the river. The reserve is entirely within the Tapajós basin and the Amazon biome. Vegetation is 82.69% dense rainforest and 17.31 savanna-rainforest contact. History The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory was declared by decree 94.604 of 14 July 1987. It was approved by decree 393 of 26 December 1991. The reservoir of the proposed Chacorão Dam on the Tapajós river wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
