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Dear Supporter,
Unfortunately, when it comes to Brazilian court decisions, good news doesn’t last long. Last week, a day after I sent you news that the Belo Monte Dam had been suspended by a Federal Judge, the decision was unilaterally overruled by the President of the Appeals Court, without any hearing or consideration of the evidence.
And then last night, at the 11th hour, a new injunction was issued and the auction delayed again! Still, the Brazilian government is trying to push through their plan to auction the Belo Monte Dam project to private investors as early as this afternoon. All over Brazil, thousands of people are in the streets today protesting against the project.
Please call the Brazilian Embassy today and register your concern about the government’s support for Belo Monte Dam.
The Brazilian Embassy needs to hear that you will not sit idly by while indigenous rights are violated and the Amazon Basin is destroyed. Add your voice to thousands of others around the world who are demanding that the Belo Monte Dam be stopped.
Call the Brazilian Embassy now!
Thanks for all that you do,
Aviva Imhof
Campaigns Director
International Rivers
By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press Writer Bradley Brooks, Associated Press Writer (April 15, 2010)
BRASILIA, Brazil – A judge on Wednesday temporarily halted bidding on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon, a move hailed as a “small victory” by movie director James Cameron, who has taken up the fight against the project.
A Brazilian federal judge in the Amazon state of Para delayed the bidding process for construction on the dam, which would be the world’s third-largest hydroelectric project. The bidding was set for Tuesday.
Judge Antonio Carlos Almeida Campelo said more time was needed to examine claims from Brazil’s attorney general that there were not enough environmental protections in place during the planning of the project.
Published: Tuesday April 6, 2010 MYT 4:09:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday April 6, 2010 MYT 4:10:24 PM
BY ROSLINA MOHAMAD (The Star, Malaysia)
KARAK: Construction of the RM9bil Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project officially took off Tuesday after a ground-breaking ceremony graced by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang.
Once completed in 2014, the project will pump 1,890 million litres of raw water daily from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor.
Raw water will be transferred through a 44.6km long by 5.2m diameter tunnel, with gravity flow to the the water treatment plant.
The tunnel, to be bored through the Titiwangsa Main Range, will also be the longest and biggest in Southeast Asia and the sixth biggest in the world.
The raw water supply to Selangor is expected to generate an income of RM70mil annually for the Pahang government, at a price of 10 sen per cubic metre.
Statement by Dr Kua Kia Soong, Director of SUARAM, 22 August 2008
The recent announcement that the Sarawak government intends to build 12 more dams in Sarawak apart from the ill-fated Bakun dam is cause for concern. It is a cause for grave concern. Malaysian tax payers, Malaysian forests and Malaysian indigenous peoples will again be the main victims of this misconceived plan.