Estreito Dam Profile

Location

Countries: Brasil
Basins: Araguaia - Tocantins
Rivers: Tocantins

Project Information

Capacity: 1,087 MW
Flooded Area: 590 Km2
Affected People (official): 5,937
Cost: US$ 3.2 billion
Operational Status: Under Construction
Companies Involved: Camargo Corrêa Geração de Energia S/A / Consórcio Estreito Energia / Suez Energy South América Participações Ltda. / Vale Energética S/A / Alcoa Alumínio S/A

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Municipalities affected:

Babaçulândia (TO), Tupiratins (TO), Palmeiras do Tocantins (TO), Palmeirante (TO), Itapiratins (TO), Goiatins (TO), Filadélfia (TO), Darcinópolis (TO), Barra do Ouro (TO), Aguiarnópolis (TO) and Carolina (MA).

Companies:

The Estreito Energia consortium, owner of the plant concession, is made up of Brazilian multinational Vale (mining), American multinational Alcoa (aluminum), french energy group GDF Suez and Brazilian construction company Camargo Corrêa.

People affected:

Brazilian Movement of Dam Affected People (MAB) estimates that about 5 thousand families would be affected by the project, more than the official estimates (1287 families).

* Indigenous people affected:

  • Krahô (Indigenous Land Kraholândia).
  • Apinajé (Indigenous Land Apinayé).
  • Krikati (Indigenous Land Krikati).
  • Gavião

* all of those communities live in areas of indirect influence of the dam and the impacts are not officially recognized.

Protected areas affected:

  • Monumento Natural das Árvores Fossilizadas state Park  (175 hectares inundated).
  • 6.6 thousand hectares of permanent protection area (PPA).

Archeological sites:

26 archeological sites affected.

Impacts on the fauna:

Endangered species affected: macaco de ordem Primatis (Allouatta), cachorro-do-mato-vinagre, cachorro-do-mato-comum, guariba-preto (Alouatta caraya), saguis (Callithrix penicillata jordani), veado-campeiro e arara-azul-grande (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus).

Recreation areas affected:

Filadélfia, Babaçulândia, Palmeirante and Barra do Ouro beaches, São Romão Waterfall, Isle of Botes and spas Praiolândia and Rio das Pedras.

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