Licensing in Brazil on environmental power plants: a case study of the plant of Belo Monte in rio Xingu (PA)

Abstract

The environmental licensing is an instrument of national politics of the environment. The main guidelines for the execution of the Environmental Permit are expressed by Lay n° 6.938, August 31th, 1981 and the resolutions CONAMA n° 001/86 and n° 273/97. The Lay stipulates that entrepreneur’s obligation to seek the environmental permit at the competent body, from the initial stages of planning your undertaking and installation to effective operation. The Environmental Licensing board is the Ibama agency responsible for execution of licensing at federal level. In order to evaluate as the process of environmental licensing of hydroelectric plants, this article aims to investigate this question. Yonder bringing comments of the case of Belo Monte’s plant construction, in Xingu River (PA). Clarify on the licensing of hydroelectric projects and compare the economic development with the environmental conservation are also the focus of this work.