. Earth Science News .
WATER WORLD
Study: Dams will damage Peru's environment

File image courtesy AFP.
by Staff Writers
Lima (UPI) Dec 27, 2010
Environmentalists say construction of five hydroelectric dams in Peru as part of an energy agreement with Brazil will damage the environment.

A study by ProNaturaleza, a conservation organization in Peru, said almost 3.7 million acres of jungle would be destroyed over the next 20 years, Inter Press Service reported Monday.

The proposals include the Inambari dam, to be built in the Amazon rainforest in southeastern Peru. It will be the largest in Peru and the fifth largest in Latin America.

"There will be a serious impact on the Amazon ecosystems," engineer Jose Serra, who prepared the report for ProNaturaleza, said.

Before signing the agreement with Brazil, the Peruvian government should have commissioned an environmental impact study to assess the damages, Ernesto Raez, a biologist with the Cayetano Heredia University's Center for Environmental Sustainability, told IPS.

Energy experts say Peru does not need to tap Amazon jungle resources to meet domestic demand for electricity, as the country's installed capacity of more than 6,000 megawatts is sufficient to cover current needs.

Future demand, projected to grow to 12,000 megawatts by 2020, can easily be covered by the wind energy potential of the country's Andean highlands and coastal regions, they say.



Share This Article With Planet Earth
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit
YahooMyWebYahooMyWeb GoogleGoogle FacebookFacebook



Related Links
Water News - Science, Technology and Politics



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


WATER WORLD
Huge hydro plant starts operation in Vietnam, says official
Hanoi (AFP) Dec 20, 2010
Southeast Asia's largest hydroelectric power station has begun operating to help ease an electricity shortage in fast-growing Vietnam, an official said Monday. The first of six turbines at the Son La station was connected to the national power grid on Friday, said Hoang Trong Nam, director of the plant's management board. He said the two-billion-dollar plant with a capacity of 2,400 mega ... read more







WATER WORLD
Adopted Haitian children fly in to Paris on Christmas Eve

Plane carrying adopted Haitian children arrives in France

Adoptive parents arrive in Haiti to fetch children

Caricom-Australia chide empty promises to Haiti

WATER WORLD
Ever-Sharp Urchin Teeth May Yield Tools That Never Need Honing

Tablet computers come of age with iPad mania

New Kindle becomes Amazon's all-time best seller

Chilean airline opts for secure upgrade

WATER WORLD
China's Zijin Mining makes payout over deadly dam collapse

Sand from Bangladesh may boost Maldives

Study: Dams will damage Peru's environment

For Egypt, new Sudan state threat to Nile

WATER WORLD
Polar Bears No Longer On Thin Ice

H.K. duck's epic Arctic trip sheds light on migration

Obama gives 'lump of coal' to polar bears: activists

Polar bear status at heart of climate war

WATER WORLD
Study: Human error spreads GM crops

Irrigation pump helps rural Indian farmers

Chateau Lafite, thanks to a lucky 8, takes off in China

Expert warns on China's future food supply

WATER WORLD
Floods force evacuations in eastern Australia

China starts work on Sichuan quake museum

7.3 quake triggers Pacific tsunami on disaster anniversary

Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa' on floods frontline

WATER WORLD
Religious fighting threatens Nigeria poll

I.Coast's Ouattara urges army to turn on mercenaries

Dutch navy supply ship on its way to Ivory Coast

Forces on the ground in Ivory Coast

WATER WORLD
Designer Probiotics Could Reduce Obesity

The Ideal Temperature For Keeping Fungi Away And Hunger At Bay

You Are What Your Father Ate

'Living pigment' in rock art discovered


The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement