Indigenous Peoples and contexts have offered valuable insights to enrich management and
organization theories and literature. Yet, despite their growing prevalence and impact, these …

The Balbina hydropower dam in the Central Amazon basin, established in the Uatumã River
in the 1980s, is emblematic for its socio‐environmental disaster. Its environmental impacts …

Despite extensive discussion in the literature about the socio-economic impacts of
hydropower development on surrounding communities, there is (1) a lack of quantitative …

Demands on freshwater for human use are increasing globally, but water resource
development (WRD) has substantial downstream impacts on fisheries and ecosystems. Our …

The annual and regular flood pulse is the main hydrologic feature found in the large
floodplains along Amazonian rivers triggering nutrient cycles, growth rhythms and life cycles …

Abstract From 1999 to 2013, in a 14 years׳ period of time, rural electrification programs
brought access to electricity to 16 million rural inhabitants in Brazil. Approximately 155,000 …

Brazil is a tropical country with continental dimensions and abundant solar resources that
are still underutilized. However, solar energy is one of the most promising renewable …

Large dams built for hydroelectric power generation alter the hydrology of rivers, attenuating
the flood pulse downstream of the dam and impacting riparian and floodplain ecosystems …

The objective of the study is to examine the four pillars of green growth (or green
environment) ie, energy, environment, health and wealth in BRICS countries namely, Brazil …

Our study offers a comparative assessment of the economic, sociopolitical and
environmental implications of the world's largest source of renewable electricity …