Campaign Materials
- BNDES Could Finance Company With History of Social and Environmental Conflicts
Read article by IRN’s Glenn Switkes regarding possible financing by Brazil’s National Development Bank for Tractebel’s Estreito dam project, despite past instances of social and environmental irresponsibility by the Belgian company, April 19, 2006. - Map showing conflicts affecting water users in the Araguaia–Tocantins basin
See excellent map by Brazil’s Water Resources Secretariat, showing existing and planned dams in the basin, and their relation with other projects being implemented, December 2005. - Letter to President of Energy Research Company Regarding Energy Planning
Read the letter from the Brazilian NGO Forum to Mauricio Tolmasquim, President of the new Energy Research Company, on concerns regarding energy planning, May 15, 2005. - Letter to IDB President Demanding Reparations for Damages
Read the letter from Brazil’s Movement of Dam–Affected People to IDB President Enrique Iglesias demanding that the bank take action to facilitate reparations for damages Cana Brava dam has taken on the lives of their people and community, February 6, 2005. - List of Dams Planned for Araguaia–Tocantins Basin
In all, more than 80 large and small dams are planned for the basin, 2005.