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bicusa.org/ Problem Project Inambari Hydroelectric Project BIC is no longer actively working on this project. Overview Updates RSS Update \| 15 August 2011 The Federal Public Ministry of Brazil's Federal District takes action to protect watersheds According to the MPF, the evaluation of impacts of hydroelectric plants has been partial and does not reflect the true environmental risks. Read more Press Clipping \| 11 August 2011 Brazil Planning to Invest in 7 Hydroelectric Dams in Latin America Read more Press Clipping \| 24 July 2011 Inambari Update The Inambari Hydroelectric Complex (2000 MW), will only be a Brazilian enclave within Peru, at the cost of environmental degradation and violation of the rights of communities. Nevertheless, it must be built by the state of Peru alongside other nations in order to sell the energy produced. This investment could be recovered in 2 years. Read more Update \| 20 June 2011 Inambari Hydroelectric dam ceases. The Carabaya people attain the cancellation of the project After nearly three years and numerous endeavors, the Carabayan clamor attains the cancellation of the Inambari Hydroelectric dam construction, and not precisely due to the consent of the central government, but because the situation grew unsustainable alongside other unrealized social and environmental problems in the Puno region. Read more Press Clipping \| 28 April 2011 OHL negotiates purchase of 40% of Peruvian "Belo Monte" Read more Press Clipping \| 28 March 2011 Peru awards contracts for 3 hydroelectric plants Read more Press Clipping \| 3 February 2011 China and Brazil Inundate Latin America with Dams The growing presence of Chinese and Brazilian capital in Latin America's energy sector is facilitating the construction of hydroelectric complexes, but is also the fuelling nationalist stances that are adding to the environmental criticisms of those major projects. Read more Press Release \| 30 January 2011 Brazil Green Lights Amazon Dam Disregarding Environmental Laws and Local Opposition Just a month after World Bank $500 million DPL payment to Brazil, followed by $614 million BNDES bridge loan to Belo Monte builders, New Dilma Government approves fast-track forest clearance and commencement of controversial Belo Monte construction site. Read more Press Clipping \| 30 January 2011 DAR questions constitutionality of Peru emergency investment decrees It seems that the Government has forgotten its commitment to the environment when in January of 2011, it enacted the Emergency Decree No. 001-2011 to eliminate environmental impact certificates to approve 33 projects for investment. Read more Press Clipping \| 9 January 2011 Indigenous Peoples Of Puno, Madre de Dios And Cusco Start Indefinite Strike Against Inambari Dam Indigenous peoples from the regions of Puno, Madre de Dios and Cuzco are awaiting the government to keep its word to come to the area where the construction of hydroelectric project Inambari and discuss and accept the invalidity of it, otherwise communities begin an indefinite strike to defend their ancestral lands and respect for its decisions. Read more Press Clipping \| 28 December 2010 PERU: Sacrificing the rainforest on the altar of energy The construction of five hydroelectric dams in Peru as part of an energy deal with Brazil will do considerable damage to the environment, such as the destruction of nearly 1.5 million hectares of jungle over the next 20 years, according to an independent study. Read more Update \| 27 December 2010 Cronologia de acciones en relacion a Hidroelectrica de Inambari Read more Fact Sheet \| 27 December 2010 Cronología del Acuerdo de Integración Energética (Perú-Brasil) Read more Press Clipping \| 14 November 2010 Peru: Energy concession law eases EIA rules Under pressure to expedite Brazilian dams in the Peruvian Amazon region, the government is proposing legistlation to ease environmental requirements for hydroelectric dams that allows concessions without presenting an EIA. Read more Press Clipping \| 18 September 2010 Inambari and the future of our Amazon Read more Press Clipping \| 7 September 2010 Brazilian Dam Would Put Peruvian Jungle Under Water Seen from up high, the route to Puente Inambari looks like a green serpent -- long, robust and sinuous. The Amazon jungle that dominates this landscape will be underwater if one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Peru (and all Latin America) is built. Read more Press Clipping \| 1 September 2010 Brazilian Dam Would Put Peruvian Jungle Under Water Seen from up high, the route to Puente Inambari looks like a green serpent -- long, robust and sinuous. The Amazon jungle that dominates this landscape will be underwater if one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Peru (and all Latin America) is built. Read more Press Clipping \| 16 August 2010 Energy Deal with Brazil was Signed without any Interventions from ANA (National Water Authority) The National Water Authority (ANA) was not involved in the negotiations of the Energy Agreement between Peru and Brazil, although the Regulations of the Water Resources Act established the presence of this organism in these kinds of agreements. Read more Press Clipping \| 21 July 2010 Illegal mining equipment seized in Inambari River basin More than 180 pieces of heavy machinery were discovered in the Inambari river basin in Carabaya province during a recent raid, according to regional director of Energy and Mining, Víctor Paredes Argandoña. Read more Update \| 25 June 2010 Peru-Brazil energy treaty reflects countries’ ongoing national issues This past Wednesday, June 16, 2010, the Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and the Peruvian president, Alan Garcia, met in Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, to finalize discussions on an energy agreement. Read more Update \| 22 June 2010 Brazil and Peru sign agreement for energy integration The presidents of Brazil and Peru signed on Wednesday an energy integration agreement which includes the construction of hydroelectric plants and interconnections through the Amazon jungle. Read more Update \| 18 June 2010 Brazilian dams in Peru's jungle to supply Brazil An energy deal that Peru and Brazil signed this week in the Amazon city of Manaus in Brazil is opposed by environmentalists and local indigenous communities in Peru where the planned hydroelectric dams will be built. What is at stake? Read more Update \| 15 June 2010 Impacts of Brazilian hydroelectric dams have been tremendous Marc Dourojeanni, specialist in environment and natural resources, voices his opinion on the energy deal between Peru and Brazil and the Inambari hydroelectric dam. Read more Update \| 22 April 2010 Consórcio de Belo Monte recaudará R$ 80 millones con venta de madera Read more Press Clipping \| 19 April 2010 Vencedor de Belo Monte tendrá que hacer ajuste societário Read more Press Clipping \| 10 April 2010 Solicitarán prórroga para ejecutar proyecto Inambari Read more Press Clipping \| 3 March 2010 Peru: Relocating entire villages for mines, dams Hundreds of Peruvian communities were displaced as they fled the 1980-2000 civil war. Today the government is pushing for urgent passage of a law that would facilitate the relocation of entire villages or neighbourhoods in mineral or energy-rich areas. Read more Press Clipping \| 3 March 2010 Egasur dispuesta a pagar US$ 200 millones de compensación para desarrollar central de Inambari Read more Press Clipping \| 1 March 2010 Puno mining authorities against Inambari hydroelectric dam “In our capacity as regional authorities, we have conducted a technical analysis of this project and we will not endorse it, because this project will only benefit Brazil” stated Víctor Paredes Argandeña, regional director of Energy and Mining in Puno. Read more Update \| 6 February 2010 Civil Society Organizations and Academics Warn Against Peru-Brazil Energy Treaty Read more Press Clipping \| 3 February 2010 Brazilian Constructor OAS Offers $100 mn for Inambari in 2009 Read more Press Release \| 1 February 2010 Indigenous Federation of Madre de Dios Says No to Inambari Dam The principal indigenous federation of the Madre de Dios region of Peru issued a press release rejecting the proposed construction of the Inambari dam and call for the immediate suspension of the project. Read more Press Clipping \| 26 January 2010 Hundreds will lose their schools if the Inambari dam is built, warns Regional Director of Education 19 educational institutions will be lost in the construction of the Inambari hydroelectric center, affecting 634 students if the government goes forward with the project, which will benefit Brazil. Read more Press Clipping \| 26 January 2010 “Inambari is a threat to human health" An interview with Roxana Torres Camacho, of the Association of Biologists of Puno, who asserts that the construction of the Inambari hydroelectric dam will not only spur the disappearance and death of plants and animals, but may even increase the spread of diseases among humans. Read more Press Clipping \| 16 December 2009 Peruvian police attack local population opposed to Amazon dam Last Saturday, elements of the Peruvian National Police violently suppressed residents of San Labán, Puno during a protest opposing the construction of the Inambari hydroelectric dam. Read more Press Clipping \| 1 December 2009 García encourages more hyrdoelectric dams The Peruvian head of state reiterated the country's need to become a great energy power in South America. Read more Press Clipping \| 24 November 2009 Messing around with dams The Inambari dam would flood 120 km of the Interoceanic Highway, on which upgrading work has already begun. It seems that in both Peru and Brazil the ministries of transport and of energy don’t talk to each other. Read more Press Clipping \| 18 November 2009 Bribery for Inambari exposed An investigation by the Brazilian daily Folha de Brasil revealed the involvement of ex-Minister of Mining and Energy Silas Rondeau in a bribery scandal favoring the Brazilian company Engevix for the construction of six hydroelectric centers in Peru at a cost of US$ 16 billion. Read more Press Clipping \| 17 November 2009 Puno residents express opposition to the construction of Inambari hydroelectric dam Documents from the informational forum held in Madre de Dios stated that the hydroelectric center's reservoir would flood all territory below 540 meter above sea level, covering approximately 410 square kilometers. Read more Press Clipping \| 10 November 2009 Civil society demands public consultation before implementation of Inambari Hydroelectric Project Parliament Representative from Puno, Susana Vilca Achata, presented a declaration from civil society of the Carabaya province to the vice minister of Energy and Mining, Daniel Camac Gutiérrez, in which they demanded public consultation before construction of the Inambari mega-project. Read more Press Clipping \| 10 November 2009 “Inambari will cause more damage than Camisea” Ex Minister of Energy and Mining, Carlos Herrera Descalzi, asserts that Peru's energy demand over the next several years puts the country at a disadvantage regarding the hydroelectric project. Read more Press Clipping \| 26 October 2009 Brazilian Firm Threatens Other Six Dams if Inambari Fails Read more Press Clipping \| 25 October 2009 Eletrobras eyes 9,000 MW project in Peru Eletrobras, Latin America’s largest electric utility, may build a $4.8 billion hydroelectric project in northern Peru, according to a government official interviewed by Bloomberg. Read more Press Clipping \| 21 October 2009 Eletrobras eyes 9,000 MW project in Peru The Corina project would be Peru’s largest hydropower facility, with a capacity of 9,000 MW, he said. Eletrobras is the government-owned electric utility of Brazil. Peru and Brazil are considering several new hydroelectric projects with an investment outlay of more than $15 billion. Read more Update \| 20 October 2009 Construction of hydroelectric projects in the Amazon should protect national interests Declaration of the Peruvian College of Engineers (CIP) published in El Comercio October 19 Read more Press Clipping \| 12 October 2009 Inambari and Transparency The most worrying feature of the proposed Inambari hydroelectric project is the manner in which the central government has made the decision to build the dam, leaving at the margins of the decision making process regional and local authorities, civil society, and in particular, the inhabitants of the planned construction zones. Read more Press Clipping \| 8 October 2009 Troy is burning: Who will benefit from the Inambari hydroelectric project? “It's difficult to say whether Inambari or the other dams will represent a benefit to Peru. What is evident is that the construction of large dams on Amazonian rivers will have enormous economic repercussions in terms of foreign debt, and obviously extreme social and environmental impacts. The truth is that we are obligated to reflect on these impacts before embarking on construction”, said Marc Dourojeanni, consultant to the IDB. Read more Press Clipping \| 8 October 2009 CIP accused of altering conclusions of Inambari forum Sociedad Civil por la Carretera Transoceánica (SOCIT) accused the College of Engineers of Peru (CIP) of altering the final conclusions of the Regional Forum “Construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Station", organized and hosted by the college August 28 and 29. Read more Press Clipping \| 8 October 2009 Cesar Hildebrandt calls for referendum before the construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Station The renowed journalist stated on Pachamama Radio that the construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Station should be decided through a referedum, given what he described as an attitude of conquest and disrespect toward local regions among authorities in Lima. Read more Press Clipping \| 8 October 2009 Inambari Hydroelectric Station could be given permanent concession National congresswoman Susana Vilca warned that granting definitive concession to the Inambari Hyrdoelectric Station to EGASUR would be permanent, as stipulated in the Law of Electric Concessions. Definitive concessions for the development of electric projects are granted for unspecified periods of time. Read more Press Clipping \| 7 October 2009 Conclusions from the Regional Forum “Construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Station” In the Regional Forum “Construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Station” which took place August 28 and 29, the College of Engineers of Peru reached some critical conclusions surrounding the proposed hydroelectric project. Read more Update \| 30 September 2009 Video of the Inambari Info Workshop, Mazuko Read more Press Clipping \| 16 September 2009 Economic viability of Inambari hydroelectric dam will not be determined until June 2010 Because the Eletrobras-OAS and Furnas consortium of Brazil has not yet completed the feasability study for the project, Minister of Energy and Mining Pedro Sánchez, announced today that it will be June 2010 before the economic viability of construction of the Inambari hydroelectric center is determined. Read more Update \| 15 September 2009 FENAMAD appeals for protection measures against Hunt Oil Company and Repsol in defense of the Amarak The Madre de Dios River Native Federation (FENAMAD) appealed for protectionist measures against hydrocarbon companies Hunt Oil Exploration and Repsol Exploración Perú, citing the eventual harm that would be caused to the communities that live near the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve. Read more Press Clipping \| 14 September 2009 Amazon peoples call for civil war against Inambari Native assembly denounces the construction of the Inambari hydroelectric dam, amid fears of being displaced from their land. They threatened a repetition of the tragic events of Bagua, where police and civilians were killed. Read more Press Clipping \| 14 September 2009 Electrobras will compensate Inambari impacts Read more Update \| 10 September 2009 The Inambari River Basin invaded by illegal gold miners Read more Update \| 10 September 2009 Position of the Peruvian College of Engineers on Inambari The College expressed its profound surprise at the disinterest shown by the Minister of Environment upon failing to attend the Forum, and urged the Minister of Energy and Mining to publicly release the Concession Contract and its outcomes, regarding both the economic and social effects as well as mitigation measures for the environmental impact of the reservoir. Read more Press Clipping \| 10 September 2009 Hydroelectric Projects in the Peruvian Amazon This article provides an overview of a bi-national agreement between Brazil and Peru to construct six hyrdoelecrtric dams in Peruvian territory. Specifically, it compares the proposed Inambari project to a strikingly similar deal signed in 1973 between Brazil and Paraguay, which has since had disastrous consequences for Paraguay. Read more Press Clipping \| 8 September 2009 Minam estimates US$ 200 million in environmental impacts caused by Inambari Dam The Ministry of Environment estimates US$200 million in environmetal impacts caused by the planned Inambari Hydroelectric Project. Read more Press Clipping \| 4 September 2009 Environmental Minister questions the construction of two hydroelectric projects in the jungle Peruvian Environmental Minister Antonio Brack recommended cancelling the construction of two hydroelectric plants in Paquitzapango and Inambari. Read more Press Clipping \| 4 September 2009 Inambari: “If the negative impacts are too severe, the project will not go ahead" Evandro Roberto Miguel, president of the Inambari Project directive, Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Amazonas Sur of Brazil quoted at a recent event in Puno, discussing the pros and cons of the Inambari Hydroelectric Dam. Read more Update \| 4 September 2009 Regarding the Inambari Dam We continue our dicussion on energy; this time with a few lines about Inambari and the energy deal with Brazil. Read more Press Clipping \| 4 September 2009 PERÚ - Against Inambari and Paquitzapango Dams Read more Press Clipping \| 3 September 2009 Social Conflict Caused by Hydroelectric Project Cannot be Ruled Out Affected inhabitants of localities where the dam is to be built must be well-informed of the advantages and disadvantages of the project in order to avoid social conflict such as the one in the northern province of Bagua. Read more Press Clipping \| 3 September 2009 Defense gathering data on Inambari hydroelectric project The Public Defense Counselor of the Puno region has demanded new information on the controversial construction of a hydroelectric dam in Inambari. She stated yesterday that when all information regarding the consequences of the infrastructure project is made available, she will state her position on the matter. Read more Press Clipping \| 31 August 2009 19 schools will be flooded by Inambari hydroelectric dam- Puno Regional Education Director issues a strong warning Read more Press Clipping \| 31 August 2009 Fiscal Intervention Rescheduled in Inambari The visit will take place the 7, 8 and 9th of September, announces Puno's environmental attorney. A joint inspection with environmental authorities from Madre de Dios and Cusco will be held later. Read more Update \| 27 August 2009 New Study Estimates Large Carbon Impact of the Inambari Dam The Inambari Hydroelectric Project, with a reservoir projected at 46,000 ha of tropical forest, would be an important source of greenhouse gas emissions to the extent that total emissions for Peru could increase by 5.8% Read more Press Clipping \| 21 August 2009 Puno citizens question Inambari Hydroelectric Dam After watching a report by Foro TV about the ecological damage that would be caused by the construction of the Inambari dam to the areas around Puno, citizens expressed their concern and demanded that local officials assume a responsible position to confront this threat. Read more Update \| 21 August 2009 Puno regional government rejects proposed Inambari Dam Read more Press Clipping \| 13 August 2009 Brazil concedes on Itaipú Energy Deal, Signals Commitment to “Good Neighbor” Policy The agreement, signed in Asunción, finally resolved a decade long disagreement between the two governments regarding the Itaipú dam. The revisions in the Itaipú treaty had far reaching implications for the national standing of Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo and Brazil’s President Luíz Inacio Lula da Silva as well for Brazil’s leadership role in Latin America. Read more Press Clipping \| 13 August 2009 Brazil, Peru mull new hydroelectric ventures Peru hopes the hydroelectric project will push the Amazon region into the 21st century, despite strong misgivings of conservationists and environmentalist groups. In that sense Peru's aspirations are similar to the hopes of Paraguay, which is already sharing an electricity generation project with Brazil. Read more Update \| 13 August 2009 Inambari: the Brazilian Hydroelectric Dam Read more Press Clipping \| 13 August 2009 Inambari impacts on Bahuaja Sonene assessed Read more Press Clipping \| 13 August 2009 Advantages and disadvantages of Inambari Hydro Project analyzed Read more Press Clipping \| 9 August 2009 Legal Counsel demanded for communities affected by Inambari Dam Read more Press Clipping \| 7 August 2009 Discontent with construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Project The project of constructing the Inambari mega-hydroelectric dam is generating discontent in the various affected communities in the province of Carabaya, who demand respect for the lands dedicated to agriculture. Read more Press Clipping \| 16 July 2009 President should clarify position on the construction of the Inambari Dam Read more Update \| 22 June 2009 New resources on Peruvian dams Communities of the Ene Valley in Peru got together to celebrate their representative Congress's 13th meeting and to discuss the currnet Pakitzapango hydroelectric dam. Read more Press Clipping \| 17 June 2009 Eletrobrás introduces hydroelectric projects to indigenous in Peru Read more Print this page Email this page

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