HYDROELECTRIC POWER IN THE AMAZON

A DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACTS OF BELO MONTE IN THE LIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING

Authors

  • Lindomayara França Ferreira Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Cynthia Xavier de Carvalho Federal University of Pernambuco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38116/rtm27art14

Keywords:

hydroeletric power plant, Amazon, environmental licensing, environment, social conflicts

Abstract

This article aims to conduct a case study of Belo Monte considering environmental licensing for 2000 to 2015, seeking to analyze environmental policy challenges regarding the State/energy/social and environmental conflicts. This research presents methodological foundations of an exploratory, descriptive, and analytical nature, with bibliographic and document review procedures and data analysis from the period of implementation of the hydroelectric project. The main conclusions of the work point out that, in its historical process, the construction of the Hydro Power Plant (HPP) in Amazon is characterized as a work of economic risk and qualifies as construction with several social and environmental conflicts, far from being environmentally clean and sustainable technology.

Author Biographies

Lindomayara França Ferreira, Federal University of Pernambuco

PhD candidate in economics at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (PPGE/UFJF); and Master in economics at the Federal University of Sergipe (PPGE/UFS).

Cynthia Xavier de Carvalho, Federal University of Pernambuco

Professor of economics at the Centro Acadêmico do Agreste at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (CAA/UFPE); and PhD in sociology.

Published

2022-03-18

How to Cite

Ferreira, L. F., & Carvalho, C. X. de . (2022). HYDROELECTRIC POWER IN THE AMAZON: A DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACTS OF BELO MONTE IN THE LIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING. Revista Tempo Do Mundo, (27), 385-422. https://doi.org/10.38116/rtm27art14

Issue

No. 27 (2021): SPECIAL EDITION: THE CHALLENGES OF THE AMAZON

Section

Dossiê Temático

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