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Can Hydro-reservoirs in Tropical Moist Forests be Environmentally Sustainable?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Robert J.A. Goodland ,
Anastacio Juras  and
Rajendra Pachauri
Robert J.A. Goodland
Affiliation:
Environment Department, The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA
Anastacio Juras
Affiliation:
Environment Department, Eletronorte, Brasilia DF, Brazil
Rajendra Pachauri
Affiliation:
President, International Power Engineering Society, Tata Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
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Today's polarization of society ‘for’ or ‘against’ big hydro-projects relates to environmental costs, which are borne particularly by vulnerable ethnic minorities and the poor; such costs include species extinctions and tropical deforestation. This counter-productive polarization can be reconciled by transparency and mutuality of planning, by pluralism involving the local populace and especially all affected people, and by engendering national consensus on the best project that is available and practicable.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , Summer 1993 , pp. 122 - 130
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1993

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