Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin
More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The accumulated negative environmental effects of existing dams and proposed dams, if constructed, will trigger massive hydrophysical and biot...
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ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-6259522017-11-03T03:00:30Z Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin Latrubesse, Edgardo M. Arima, Eugenio Y. Dunne, Thomas Park, Edward Baker, Victor R. d’Horta, Fernando M. Wight, Charles Wittmann, Florian Zuanon, Jansen Baker, Paul A. Ribas, Camila C. Norgaard, Richard B. Filizola, Naziano Ansar, Atif Flyvbjerg, Bent Stevaux, Jose C. University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Sustainability Ecosystem ecology Limnology Environmental impact More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The accumulated negative environmental effects of existing dams and proposed dams, if constructed, will trigger massive hydrophysical and biotic disturbances that will affect the Amazon basin's floodplains, estuary and sediment plume. We introduce a Dam Environmental Vulnerability Index to quantify the current and potential impacts of dams in the basin. The scale of foreseeable environmental degradation indicates the need for collective action among nations and states to avoid cumulative, far-reaching impacts. We suggest institutional innovations to assess and avoid the likely impoverishment of Amazon rivers. 2017-06-14 Article Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin 2017, 546 (7658):363 Nature 0028-0836 1476-4687 10.1038/nature22333 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625952 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625952 Nature en http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nature22333 © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
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Sustainability Ecosystem ecology Limnology Environmental impact Latrubesse, Edgardo M. Arima, Eugenio Y. Dunne, Thomas Park, Edward Baker, Victor R. d’Horta, Fernando M. Wight, Charles Wittmann, Florian Zuanon, Jansen Baker, Paul A. Ribas, Camila C. Norgaard, Richard B. Filizola, Naziano Ansar, Atif Flyvbjerg, Bent Stevaux, Jose C. Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin |
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More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The accumulated negative environmental effects of existing dams and proposed dams, if constructed, will trigger massive hydrophysical and biotic disturbances that will affect the Amazon basin's floodplains, estuary and sediment plume. We introduce a Dam Environmental Vulnerability Index to quantify the current and potential impacts of dams in the basin. The scale of foreseeable environmental degradation indicates the need for collective action among nations and states to avoid cumulative, far-reaching impacts. We suggest institutional innovations to assess and avoid the likely impoverishment of Amazon rivers. |
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University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences |
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University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Latrubesse, Edgardo M. Arima, Eugenio Y. Dunne, Thomas Park, Edward Baker, Victor R. d’Horta, Fernando M. Wight, Charles Wittmann, Florian Zuanon, Jansen Baker, Paul A. Ribas, Camila C. Norgaard, Richard B. Filizola, Naziano Ansar, Atif Flyvbjerg, Bent Stevaux, Jose C. |
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Latrubesse, Edgardo M. Arima, Eugenio Y. Dunne, Thomas Park, Edward Baker, Victor R. d’Horta, Fernando M. Wight, Charles Wittmann, Florian Zuanon, Jansen Baker, Paul A. Ribas, Camila C. Norgaard, Richard B. Filizola, Naziano Ansar, Atif Flyvbjerg, Bent Stevaux, Jose C. |
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