Cachoeira Porteira Dam Profile

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Timeline:

Studies to build a hydroelectric plant in the region began in the 1980s as an alternative power supply to the city of Manaus (AM).

Companies:

Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) is a state-owned agency under the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil.

* Indigenous people affected:

Katxuyana, Hixkaryana, Katuena, Waiwai (Indigenous Land Nhamundá-Mapuera).

* information from Instituto Socioamiental (ISA)

Links:

• MAB releases list of quilombolas' communities affected by dams

Source:

• Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (Aneel)
• Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)
• Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) do Governo Federal