The Tapajós Study Group:
The Tapajós Study Group is the combination of nine companies who are interested in bidding fpr the dam project. One of those companies is the state-owned Brazilian electricity giant Electrobras. The Tapajós Study Group also includes Brazilian construction companies Camargo Corrêa, Cemig, Copel, Eletronorte , and multinationals EDF (France), Enel (Italy/Spain), Engie (France/Belgium) and Neoenergia (Spain). All of the companies are cooperating in order to study the impact of the two planned hydroelectric plants located in the basin of the Rio Tapajós. According to the environmental impact study presented by the Tapajós Study Group to Ibama, the federal environmental agency responsible for the licensing process, the hydroelectric plants do not affect the officially demarcated areas.
Environmental Impact Assessment:
The Brazilian government commissioned their own Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) commissioned. …show more content…
There would also be major impacts on fish migration. The plan to build dams in the Tapajós river basin would drive the loss of an additional 950,000 hectares of rainforest by 2032 by spurring land grabs and mass migration to the region. The dams would increase deforestation by 8.3 percent compared to a no-dams scenario. The forecast considers deforestation beyond direct forest losses from inundation and road construction, but the side effects of more people and more access to this report region. Greenhouse gas emissions from would also rise from the building of the dam and the new people living around the dam. The would undermine the carbon savings associated with hydroelectric projects. Imazon also estimates that the dams would also increase the risk of deforestation in 44 of the region’s 43 protected areas and indigenous reserves. The influx of some 63,000 permanent immigrants would cause major forest