المقال
Belo Monte Construction Intensifies Conflicts with Indigenous Peoples [Brazil]
[Business & Human Rights Resource Cente invited Norte Energia to respond. Norte Energia did not respond] As the…construction of the…Belo Monte mega-dam nears 50% completion…a new report revealed that more than 80% of legally required actions to mitigate project impacts on indigenous peoples and their territories are mired in noncompliance. The report coincides with renewed protests among local indigenous groups over the failure of the Norte Energia (NESA) dam consortium and federal government agencies to fulfill legal obligations to protect their lands and livelihoods…According to the report by…Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA)…only 15% of key actions to ensure the territorial rights of indigenous peoples affected by Belo Monte have been…implemented…[the]...negligence…includes demarcation, enforcement and removal of illegal occupants on their tribal lands…indigenous lands have become increasingly vulnerable to illegal logging, hunting, fishing and deforestation for cattle pasture…According to a declaration issued…by…indigenous groups, one of the most serious…negligence…concerns a formal agreement between NESA and the federal indigenous agency FUNAI…to mitigate impacts on indigenous peoples...[which]…still doesn't exist...