Friday, December 19, 2008
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Large hydroelectric dams: Dinosaurs destined to disappear
The history of large hydroelectric dams is the story of the violation of basic rights of the peoples who inhabited the area flooded by each of the tens of thousands of dams now block many waterways around the globe. It is also the story of the disappearance of many ecosystems and other radical changes. Millions of hectares of forest have been submerged under water, thus affecting the local wildlife and depriving locals of their land and livelihoods.
But the impact of dams is not limited to the area of \u200b\u200bthe reservoir, but goes much further. On the one hand, because changes generated by the dam on the hydrological regime are disappearing aquatic species, which are unable to overcome the huge barrier that means the dam itself, which creates serious impacts on other species related to the same food chain, which also disappear or whose populations are declining drastically.
entire human population dependent on these species along the river is so badly affected their chances of survival. On the other hand, impact on other forest areas as a result of forced migration are subject to affected populations, which are normally "resettled" in other forested areas. Deprived of their means traditional lifestyles, these people are forced to cut forest areas in order to allocate their traditional crops. Forest loss therefore doubled.
From: World Rainforest Movement Tropical (http://www.wrm.org.uy)
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