SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF DEFORESTATION IN RESPONSE TO THE BUILDING OF THE BELO MONTE HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN THE AMAZON BASIN
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2018
- handle: 10670/1.1eueso
- 0378-1844
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Interciencia
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Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Amazon Belo Monte Deforestation Hydroelectric ProjectSujets proches
Disforestation Depletion of forests Conversion, Forest Forest conversion Forest depletion Forest-land conversionCiter ce document
Orleno Marques da Silva Junior et al., « SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF DEFORESTATION IN RESPONSE TO THE BUILDING OF THE BELO MONTE HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN THE AMAZON BASIN », Interciencia, ID : 10670/1.1eueso
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"The environmental impacts caused by the construction of hydroelectric projects are repeated throughout the literature. When poorly planned, these projects can stimulate activities that degrade the environment and can cause or stimulate deforestation around reservoirs. This paper analyzes deforestation around the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, in the state of Pará, Brazil. The patterns found show that deforestation had a sudden increase in the year of construction of the plant (2011), presenting an increasing pattern between 2012 to 2015. It was observed that deforestation was concentrated near roads and outside areas of restricted use. The increase in deforestation demonstrates the need to adopt instruments to minimize this impact, with the creation of areas with legal protection among them."