THE BELO MONTE HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582101118

• Palavras-chave: Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant; the Amazon Basin; environmental justice; socioenvironmental conflicts.

• Keywords: Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant; the Amazon Basin; environmental justice; socioenvironmental conflicts.

• Abstract:

  The importance of the study and practice of environmental justice derives from the fact that the impacts of natural resource scarcity and the destruction of ecosystems are unequally distributed across different social groups and geographic regions. This work explores the conflicts linked to electricity generation at the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant, notable for its disregard of the region’s traditional peoples. Inaugurated in 2016, construction works have been suspended on various occasions because the EIA report did not adequately assess socioenvironmental impacts. As a result, there is a lack of consensus regarding the viability of the development project. Belo Monte represents the short-sightedness of economic policies underpinned by the idea of development as growth.

• Número de páginas: 9