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"Let the River Run" Brazil's Indigenous Peoples Fight for Their Rights Along the Xingu and in Río Construction of the Belo Monte monster dam poses a serious threat to the indigenous communities that live along the majestic Xingu River.
The fight to defend the territories and rights of the Xikrin, Juruna, Arara, Kayapó and other indigenous peoples heated up before, during, and after the Río+20 Earth Summit, in Río de Janeiro from June 20th to 22nd. Amazon Watch, together with its partners International Rivers and Rainforest Action Network, sent a team in early June to help ensure the voices of indigenous leaders were heard in the media, and to provide other strategic support. The following posts include related blogs, press releases, and media articles. No Dam Can Take That From Us. Belo Monte dam construction halted by Brazilian court. 'A Great Victory': Controversial Brazilian Dam Construction Halted Brazilian Federal court finds Belo Monte hydro-electric dam licenses invalid, indigenous peoples were not consulted A victory came to activists in Brazil on Tuesday when a federal judge halted construction on the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Amazon, saying that the indigenous peoples had not been consulted.
The impacts of the dam, which would have been the third largest hydro-electric dam in the world, had long been slammed by indigenous groups and environmental activists who said that it would have displaced thousands and wreaked havoc upon the ecosystem while contributing to greenhouse gases. When the Brazilian Congress gave approval for the dam in 2005, there were no consultations with the indigenous peoples about the environmental impacts, a fact that Judge Souza Prudente found in violation of the Brazilian Constitution. Indigenous groups lauded the court ruling. Take Action. Pétition Mondiale contre le barrage de Belo Monte en Amazonie.
Raoni : the official website of the Kayapo chief- News. ICRA International - Actions urgentes - Brésil : Belo Monte, une catastrophe annoncée. Le barrage de Belo Monte, s'il venait à voir le jour, serait un projet plus grand que le Canal de Panama, inondant 160000 hectares de forêt vierge, déplaçant 40000 personnes issues des communautés indiennes vivant notamment sur les rives du fleuve Xingu, et détruisant les richesses inestimables que sont les habitats d'innombrables espèces propres à l'Amazonie.Mobilisons-nous pour que ce barrage ne soit jamais construit.
Ce méga-barrage innonderait d'immenses étendues de forêt vierge et déplacerait des milliers d'Indiens d'Amazonie. Les entreprises qui tireraient bénéfice du projet ont maintes fois tenté de passer au bulldozer les anciennes lois environnementales toujours en vigueur et souhaitent démarrer les travaux dans les semaines à venir. Eletronorte, l'entreprise qui tirera le plus de profits de Belo Monte, demande que le permis de construire soit accordé même si le projet ne répond pas aux normes environnementales.
Belo Monte Dam Suspended by High Brazilian Court. Federal Judge Souza Prudente of the Federal Tribunal in the Amazon region.
Photo courtesy of Agencia Brasil Federal Judge Souza Prudente of the Federal Tribunal of Brazil's Amazon region suspended all work today on the Belo Monte Dam, invalidating the project's environmental and installation licenses. While the project has been suspended previously on numerous occasions, and those suspensions overturned on political grounds, this latest decision could have some legs. The decision breaks down in the following way: The federal judge ruled that no consultations were held with indigenous people prior to Congress issuing Decree 788 in 2005, which effectively approved the Belo Monte Dam.
In a press conference given today late in Brasil, Souza Prudente stated that "only in a dictatorial regime does a government approve a project before holding consultations. " Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court. "Human rights and environmental protection cannot be subordinated to narrow business interests.
" Amazon Watch, International Rivers, AIDAFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | August 15, 2012 For more information, contact:Brent Millikan, brent@internationalrivers.org, +55 61 8153-7009 Andrew Miller, andrew@amazonwatch.org, +1 202 423 4828 Joelson Calvacante, jcavalcante@aida-americas.org, +52 55 5212-0141 Photo credit: Atossa Soltani Altamira, Brazil – A high-level court yesterday suspended construction of the controversial Belo Monte dam project on the Amazon's Xingu River, citing overwhelming evidence that indigenous people had not been properly consulted prior to government approval of the project.
A group of judges from Brazil's Regional Federal Tribunal (TRF1) upheld an earlier decision that declared the Brazilian Congress's authorization of the project in 2005 to be illegal. Similar conflicts over violations of indigenous rights by dam projects are emerging elsewhere in the Brazilian Amazon. Belo Monte e Teles Pires: falta de consultas indígenas paralisa obras de usinas na Amazônia. Nos dois casos, decisões contemplaram pedidos do MPF para suspender projetos realizados sem a oitiva dos povos afetados, prevista na Constituição e na Convenção 169 14/08/2012 às 19h33 O Tribunal Regional Federal da 1ª Região, em Brasília, assegurou em dois processos judiciais distintos o direito dos povos indígenas de serem consultados previamente para empreendimentos que afetem seus territórios.
